War on the Dream: New book by Wendell Cox
Demographia/PublicPurpose/RentalCarTour Updates
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-39948-7
View Larger War on the Dream: How Anti-Sprawl Policy Threatens the
Quality of Life
By Wendell Cox
Our price: $20.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 6 x 9
Pages: 280
ISBN: 0-595-39948-7
Published: Nov-2006
Other Formats: Adobe eBook
International orders:
Call 00-1-402-323-7800
This public policy guide discusses how the universal dream of home
ownership is under threat by anti-sprawl policies that make housing
less affordable and reduce economic growth.
Book Description
People around the world associate the "universal dream of home
ownership" with an unprecedented improvement in quality of life. But
there is a war on this dream, the result of policies that seek to
control urban sprawl or suburbanization. The proponents and governments
that implement such anti-suburban policies do so with little debate and
virtually without any serious analysis of the consequences.
Anti-suburban policies outlaw development on large swaths of land,
creating scarcity and increasing housing prices. This means less home
ownership in the future and less wealth creation. Anti-suburban
policies hopelessly seek to force people to use mass transit instead of
cars, while failing to build roadway capacity to accommodate rising
demand. The result is more intense traffic congestion, air pollution,
and less productive urban areas.
Author Wendell Cox takes a closer look at this growing problem in War
on the Dream: How Anti-Sprawl Policy Threatens the Quality of Life.
With most of the world still living in relative poverty, it is clear
that neither economic growth nor wealth creation can be taken for
granted. Anti-suburban policies must be rejected and repealed. Only by
such actions will national economies and their urban areas be
positioned to ensure that future generations have a better quality of
life.
List of chapters at...
http://www.demographia.com/wod1.pdf