{"product_id":"dead-end-suburban-sprawl-and-the-rebirth-of-american-urbanism-paperback","title":"Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than five decades have passed since Jane Jacobs wrote her classic \u003cem\u003eThe Death and Life of Great American Cities\u003c\/em\u003e, and since a front page headline in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e read, \"Cars Choking Cities as 'Urban Sprawl' Takes Over.\" Yet sprawl persists, and not by mistake. It happens for a reason. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an activist and a scholar, Benjamin Ross is uniquely placed to diagnose why this is so. \u003cem\u003eDead End\u003c\/em\u003e traces how the ideal of a safe, green, orderly retreat where hardworking members of the middle class could raise their children away from the city mutated into the McMansion and strip mall-ridden suburbs of today. Ross finds that sprawl is much more than bad architecture and sloppy planning. Its roots are historical, sociological, and economic. He uses these insights to lay out a practical strategy for change, honed by his experience leading the largest grass-roots mass transit advocacy organization in the United States. The problems of smart growth, sustainability, transportation, and affordable housing, he argues, are intertwined and must be solved as a whole. The two keys to creating better places to live are expansion of rail transit and a more genuinely democratic oversight of land use. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead End\u003c\/em\u003e is, ultimately, about the places where we live our lives. Both an engaging history of suburbia and an invaluable guide for today's urbanist, it will serve as a primer for anyone interested in how Americans actually live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Ross \u003c\/strong\u003ewas president of Maryland's Action Committee for Transit for 15 years, which grew under his leadership into the nation's largest grass-roots transit advocacy group. He is a consultant on environmental problems and served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and EPA Science Advisory Board. He writes frequently on political and social topics in \u003cem\u003eDissent Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Polluters: The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255294484582,"sku":"9780190263300","price":42.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Q2FFV2xpd2V5ZnpBeVFoMmtjODZxUT09.webp?v=1773654712","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/dead-end-suburban-sprawl-and-the-rebirth-of-american-urbanism-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}