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.
- ISBN10 0393731251
- ISBN13 9780393731255
- Publish Date 17 August 2004
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 22 May 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English