Would you like to be notified of the launch of my forthcoming ebook? Antisprawl may seem like a rather odd phenomenon coming from suburbia but it’s not uncommon. My childhood is just one of many defined by a losing battle between community NIMBYism (combined with sincere environmental concern) and inflexible housing developers backed by a sympathetic city council. We live in sprawl, yet we protest sprawl. And then we lose and get more sprawl. This is one of the reasons I think we can all share an interest in suburbia, and why I was motivated to write about my research as a young kipper investigating suburban redesign. It’s a fascinating world we’ve built for over half the population of North America. Let’s consider it... |  Read an excerpt. |
