HOLDING THE LINE: URBAN CONTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

Many communities are concerned with sprawl and have enacted policies to contain it. One of the policies utilized is the creation of geographical constraints to contain urban growth. These policies are also known as "urban containment" policies. Not much is known about the effect of urban containment policies, though some descriptive material exists about their impacts on urban form and costs. This paper synthesizes and presents current knowledge pertaining to urban containment in the United States.

• Record URL:
  http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/pendallfultoncontainment.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Brookings Institution

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• Authors:
  • Pendall, Rolf
  • Martin, J
  • Fulton, W
• Publication Date: 2002-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 51 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Costs; Land use; Policy; Urban areas; Urban growth; Urban sprawl
• Uncontrolled Terms: Urban containment; Urban form
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00930980
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 9 2002 12:00AM