SIGNED First Edition A Field Guide To Sprawl By Dolores Hayden Ph.d. HC/DJ

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A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Dust jacket has wear on edges and a tear on top left edge. Interior pages are excellent. Signed ...
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Subject
Art & Photography
Modification Description
Signed by author
Product Type
Textbook
Features
1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed
ISBN
9780393731255
Book Title
Field Guide to Sprawl
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Length
7.3 in
Publication Year
2004
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Jim Wark, Dolores Hayden
Genre
Political Science, Architecture, Business & Economics
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Development / Economic Development
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Width
8.4 in
Number of Pages
128 Pages
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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393731251
ISBN-13
9780393731255
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30239509

Product Key Features

Book Title
Field Guide to Sprawl
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Development / Economic Development
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Architecture, Business & Economics
Author
Jim Wark, Dolores Hayden
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Length
7.3 in
Item Width
8.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-041487
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
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., 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., 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., Americans do not have to tolerate sprawl...but act now, or forever clutch a survivor's copy of A Field Guide to Sprawl., 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 informa nd entertain readers who are disturbed by the wastefulness and disconnection of conventional development., With Hayden's informative text and Wark's beautiful photographs, Sprawl is infinitely easier to digest than the actual examples of sprawl presently surrounding us., 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., 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., In their illustrated 'devil's dictionary' of land development gone amok, Hayden and Wark highlight such blights as the LULU ( a locally unwanted land use, such as  anuclear waste dump) and the TOAD (Temporary, obsolete, abandoned, or derelict site)., Introduces an array of fresh and frequently funny expressions to descrive what's happening to our urban and suburban landscapes.
Dewey Decimal
307.76
Synopsis
Duck, ruburb, tower farm, big box, and pig-in-a-python are among the 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. This engagingly organized and splendidly photographed ( Wall Street Journal ) book provides the verbal and visual vocabulary needed by professionals, public officials, and citizens to critique uncontrolled growth in the American landscape., A visual lexicon of the colorful slang, from alligator investment to zoomburb, that defines sprawl in America. "May well establish Ms. Hayden as the Roger Tory Peterson of Sprawl." --New York Times, Duck, ruburb, tower farm, big box, and pig-in-a-python are among the 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. This "engagingly organized and splendidly photographed" (Wall Street Journal) book provides the verbal and visual vocabulary needed by professionals, public officials, and citizens to critique uncontrolled growth in the American landscape.
LC Classification Number
HT321.H3856 2004

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