Handbook on Smart Growth - 9781789904680

Handbook on Smart GrowthPromise, Principles, and Prospects for Planning\nAuthor(s): Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Rebecca Lewis, Arnab Chakraborty, Katy June-Friesen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781789904680, 978-1789904680\nSynopsis\nThis timely Research Handbook examines the evolution of smart growth over the past three decades, mapping the trajectory from its original principles to its position as an important paradigm in urban planning today. Critically analysing the original concept of smart growth and how it has been embedded in state and local plans, contributions from top scholars in the field illustrate what smart growth has accomplished since its conception, as well as to what extent it has achieved its goals. Providing an overview of the history of smart growth, the book further examines its changing governance over time, and the new horizons for smart growth, exploring ways to confront cont.