Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

ForADecade,"SuburbanNation"HasGivenVoiceToAGrowingMovementInNorthAmericaToPutAnEndToSuburbanSprawlAndReplaceTheLastCentury'SAutomobile-BasedSettlementPatternsWithAReturnToMoreTraditionalPlanning.FoundersOfTheCongressForTheNewUrbanism,AndresDuanyAndElizabethPlater-ZyberkAreAtTheForefrontOfTheMovement,AndEvenTheirCritics,SuchAsFredBarnesIn"TheWeeklyStandard,"RecognizedThatSuburbanNation"IsLikelyToBecomeThisMovement'SBible."ALivelyLamentAboutTheFailuresOfPostwarPlanning,ThisIsAlsoThatRareBookThatOffersSolutions:"AnEssentialHandbook"("SanFranciscoChronicle").ThisTenthAnniversaryEditionIncludesANewPrefaceByTheAuthors.