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A Field Guide to Sprawl

A Field Guide to Sprawl


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A lexicon of the colorful slang, from alligator investment to zoomburb, that defines sprawl in America today. Duck, ruburb, tower farm, big box, and pig-in-a-python are among dozens of zany terms invented by real estate developers and designers today to characterize land use practices and the physical elements of sprawl. Sprawl in the environment, based on the metaphor of a person spread out, is hard to define. This concise book engages its meaning, explains common building patterns, and illustrates the visual culture of sprawl. Seventy-five stunning color aerial photographs, each paired with a definition, convey the impact of excessive development and provide verbal and visual vocabulary needed by professionals, public officials, and citizens to critique uncontrolled growth in the American landscape.

About the Author :
Dolores Hayden, professor of architecture and American studies at Yale, writes about the politics of design.

Review :
"Field guides to plants abound, but where can an amateur (un)naturalist find something to lead him or her through the jungle of terms used in modern land development? A Field Guide to Sprawl provides such a resource." "Hayden argues that, in its vividness, slang fuses description and critique, mobilizing the imagination in a way that expert speech cannot. . . . Once again, Hayden has chosen to look where others had not thought to look, and it is to our benefit.  Armed with more knowledge of what came before us and with what stands before us, we are better prepared to take position within the contested landscape of sprawl." "Zooming alligators! This is a handy introduction to some curious ways of using the land." "A flair for words and a collection of stunning photographs. . . Captivating . . . Hayden packs a lot of information and a wealth of clever coinages into a brief, quick-moving text.  The Field Guide will both inform and entertain readers who are disturbed by the wastefulness and disconnection of conventional development." "[A] landmark contribution to this literature." "A wonderful guide to the terrible things being done to the American landscape."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780393731255
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Publisher Imprint: WW Norton & Co
  • Height: 185 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 213 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0393731251
  • Publisher Date: 17 Aug 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 561 gr


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