ZONED IN THE USA -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: An American Model of Land-Use Control -- 1. America's Housing Trademark -- 2. How the System Works -- 3. How Others Do It -- 4. Roots -- 5. American Beginnings in a Comparative Context -- 6. The Formative Years of American Zoning...

This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...