Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscape, Land-Use Change and Policy (Real Estate Issues) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140513917X ISBN 13: 9781405139175

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

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).

Urban Sprawl in Europe: landscapes, land-use change & policy 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:

• Infrastructure-related sprawl, such as can be seen around Athens;
• Sprawl in the post-socialist city, as typified by Warsaw, Leipzig and Ljubljana;
• Decline and sprawl, where a comparative analysis of Liverpool and Leipzig shows that sprawl is not confined to expanding cities;
• Sprawl based on the development of second homes as found in Sweden, Austria and elsewhere.

In 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.

About this title

Book Description:

The book has been developed from the findings of an EU research project, co-ordinated by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Studies and presents an integrated impact assessment of regulations, incentives, economic instruments and infrastructure measures on urban sprawl. Policies imposed by European, national and regional agencies will be investigated and options for improvement developed. This assessment is driven by finding robust answers to the following questions: bull; bull;What are recent trends and issues of sprawl (case studies on Liverpool, Stockholm, Leipzig, Warsaw, Ljubjana, Vienna, Athens)? bull;What aspects characterise European pattern(s) of urban sprawl? What are common indicators and variables across Europe? bull;Does a generalised mechanism exist which governs the European pattern of urban sprawl and can this scheme be formulated in terms of a formal qualitative model? bull;What specifies supportable forward-looking scenarios of urban sprawl with respect to sustainable development? How can stakeholders be involved to assess these ‘sustainable scenarios’? bull;What constitutes best practices with regard to the management of urban sprawl?

About the Author:

Chris Couch is Professor of Urban Planning; and Head of Planning and Housing Studies – Liverpool John Mores University

Dr Lila Leontidou is a Professor of Geography - Hellenic Open University and University of the Aegean

Dr Gerhard Petschel-Held was formerly based at the Institute of the Sociology of Spatial Planning - Vienna University of Technology

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 140513917X
• ISBN 13: 9781405139175
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Couch Chris, Petschel-Held Gerhard, Leontidou Lila