{"product_id":"urban-sprawl-in-europe-isbn-9781405139175","title":"Urban Sprawl in Europe","description":"Urban sprawl is one of the most important types of land-use changes currently affecting Europe. It increasingly creates major impacts on the environment (via surface sealing, emissions by transport and ecosystem fragmentation); on the social structure of an area (by segregation, lifestyle changes and neglecting urban centres); and on the economy (via distributed production, land prices, and issues of scale). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrban Sprawl in Europe: landscapes, land-use change \u0026amp; policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e explains the nature and dynamics of urban sprawl. The book is written in three parts. Part I considers contemporary definitions, theories and trends in European urban sprawl. In part II authors draw upon experiences from across Europe to consider urban sprawl from a number of perspectives:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInfrastructure-related sprawl, such as can be seen around Athens;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSprawl in the post-socialist city, as typified by Warsaw, Leipzig and Ljubljana;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDecline and sprawl, where a comparative analysis of Liverpool and Leipzig shows that sprawl is not confined to expanding cities;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSprawl based on the development of second homes as found in Sweden, Austria and elsewhere.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn part III a formal qualitative model of sprawl is developed. Policies for the control of urban sprawl and the roles of different stakeholders are considered. Finally, a concluding chapter raises questions about the nature and dynamics of these new urban landscapes and their sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theory and Method 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Definitions, Theories and Methods of Comparative Analysis 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Couch, Lila Leontidou and Karl-Olov Arnstberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe origins of suburbia and urban sprawl in Europe and the USA 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome differences between Europe and the USA 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe development of theory and policy in Europe 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethodology 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe structure of the book 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Sprawl in European Cities: The Comparative Background 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana Reckien and Jay Karecha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban trends in Europe 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban trends in the case study cities 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Patterns of growth and sprawl across European cities 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Types of Urban Sprawl in Europe 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Infrastructure-related Urban Sprawl: Mega-events and Hybrid Peri-urban Landscapes in Southern Europe 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLila Leontidou, Alex Afouxenidis, Elias Kourliouros and Emmanuel Marmaras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: theory and method 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Astyphilia’ and popular spontaneous suburbanisation until the 1970s 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernism and urban land policy after EU accession 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward the entrepreneurial city and post-Olympic landscapes 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMega-events and Mediterranean urban futures 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities 102\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNataša Pichler-Milanovic, Ma³gorzata Gutry-Korycka and Dieter Rink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocialist cities in Central and Eastern Europe 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransition reforms in Central and Eastern Europe 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe patterns of urban sprawl in post-socialist cities 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe causes of urban sprawl in the post-socialist cities 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe consequences of urban sprawl in post-socialist cities 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicy responses 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: what is needed for ‘sustainable’ sprawl in post-socialist cities? 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Decline and Sprawl: Urban Sprawl is not Confined to Expanding City Regions 136\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenning Nuissl, Dieter Rink, Chris Couch and Jay Karecha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSprawl in the context of urban decline 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrends in urban sprawl in Britain and Germany 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe two cases 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparisons between Liverpool and Leipzig 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 No Place Like Second Home: Weekends, Holidays, Retirement and Urban Sprawl 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl-Olov Arnstberg and Inger Bergstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe largest industry in the world 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA short history of the summerhouse 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe summers of my childhood 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo homes 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking and maintaining roots 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecreation, retirement …and investment 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetreat to a loved place 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarmdo, a sprawled community in the Stockholm region 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Models, Urban Policy and Sustainability 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Modelling Urban Sprawl: Actors and Mathematics 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthias Ludeke, Diana Reckien and Gerhard Petschel-Held\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActors, actor classes and sprawl 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe actor versus the structural perspective on sprawl 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying the feedbacks 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperationalising the qualitative attractivity migration model 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidation and future scenarios 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a QUAM model for policy analysis 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom general targets to specific policy mechanisms: a model analysis 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion of case specific strategy – suggestions from a QUAM perspective 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Lines of Defence: Policies for the Control of Urban Sprawl 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenning Nuissl and Chris Couch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe aims of policy 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe mechanisms of policy 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulation 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic intervention: direct investment, taxation or subsidy 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional change, management and advocacy 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Urban Sprawl and Hybrid Cityscapes in Europe: Comparisons, Theory Construction and Conclusions 242\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLila Leontidou and Chris Couch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Urban’, ‘suburban’, ‘post-suburban’, and their in-between spaces 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstructing the dualism of causes\/consequences of urban sprawl 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA systematic comparison of city case studies 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultures of urbanism and sprawl in Europe 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHybrid landscapes and questions of sustainability 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 269\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eChris Couch\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Urban Planning; and Head of Planning and Housing Studies – Liverpool John Mores University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Lila Leontidou\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Geography - Hellenic Open University and University of the Aegean\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Gerhard Petschel-Held\u003c\/b\u003e was formerly based at the Institute of the Sociology of Spatial Planning - Vienna University of Technology\u003c\/p\u003e Urban sprawl is one of the most important types of land-use changes currently affecting Europe. It increasingly creates major impacts on the environment (via surface sealing, emissions by transport and ecosystem fragmentation); on the social structure of an area (by segregation, lifestyle changes and neglecting urban centres); and on the economy (via distributed production, land prices, and issues of scale). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrban Sprawl in Europe: landscapes, land-use change \u0026amp; policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e explains the nature and dynamics of urban sprawl. The book is written in three parts. Part I considers contemporary definitions, theories and trends in European urban sprawl. In part II authors draw upon experiences from across Europe to consider urban sprawl from a number of perspectives:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInfrastructure-related sprawl, such as can be seen around Athens;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSprawl in the post-socialist city, as typified by Warsaw, Leipzig and Ljubljana;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDecline and sprawl, where a comparative analysis of Liverpool and Leipzig shows that sprawl is not confined to expanding cities;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSprawl based on the development of second homes as found in Sweden, Austria and elsewhere.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn part III a formal qualitative model of sprawl is developed. Policies for the control of urban sprawl and the roles of different stakeholders are considered. Finally, a concluding chapter raises questions about the nature and dynamics of these new urban landscapes and their sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990440952037,"sku":"NP9781405139175","price":139.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405139175.jpg?v=1761787841","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/urban-sprawl-in-europe-isbn-9781405139175","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}