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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: THE UNITED KINGDOM -- 2. Sustainable Settlements and Jobs-Housing Balance -- 3. Reducing Sprawl and Delivering an Urban Renaissance in England: Are These Aims Possible Given Current Attitudes to Urban Living? -- 4. Push-Pull Forces in the Spatial Organization of Greater London and South East England -- 5. Knowledge, Decisions and Urban Form: Implications from the Socialist Calculation Debate -- 6. The Thirty-Year's Experiment with British Greenbelt Policy in Korea: A Convergent Path to Sustainable Development -- PART II: FRANCE AND CONTINENTAL WESTERN EUROPE -- 7. Urban Sprawl in Rennes and 77 Urban Areas in France, 1982-1999 -- 8. Urban Sprawl in France 1990-1999 -- 9. Urban Sprawl: Is There a French Case? -- 10. Concentration and Dispersal of Employment in French Cities -- 11. Location Patterns of Producer Services: Between Centralization and Urban Sprawl -- French and Swiss Case studies -- 12. Urbanization and the Social Origins of National Policies Toward Sprawl -- PART III: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- 13. US Population and Employment Trends and Sprawl Issues -- 14. Urban Containment American Style: A Preliminary Assessment -- 15. Local Innovations in Controlling Sprawl: Experiences with Several Approaches in the Seattle Urban Region -- 16. Immigration and Densities: A Contribution to the Compact Cities and Sprawl Debates -- 17. Transit and Density: Atlanta, the United States and Western Europe -- 18. Traffic and Sprawl: Evidence from US Commuting, 1985 to 1997.

The discussions about urban growth boundaries in the United States have paid little attention to Korea's Greenbelt policy. Established in 1971, Seoul's massive Greenbelt has been rigidly maintained, although there have been some minor exceptions over the years. The liberalization of the Korean economy and the democratization of Korean society have been accompanied by deregulation in many spheres. However, land use planning remains tightly constrained, and there has only been minimal relaxation of the land laws; in fact, on balance they have become tougher. Some scholars have begun to question whether the Greenbelt might have restricted economic growth in Korea and significantly raised the costs of development. Others argue that the environmental benefits of the Greenbelt are substantial. There has also been some pressure from landowners and "natives" within the Greenbelt who argue that continued Greenbelt regulations represent a "takings" which deprives them of land value appreciation. This Article focuses on three alternatives: maintain the Greenbelt in its current form; modify the law by allowing significant development to occur, perhaps with the introduction of a cross-subsidy scheme; or abandon the Greenbelt altogether. The Article also examines the potential conflicts between the central government's control over the Greenbelts and local autonomy.

"Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns that emphasize low-density suburban development and extreme automobile dependence, whereas European countries emphasize higher densities, pro-transit policies and more compact urban growth. Yet, on closer inspection, the differences are not as wide as first appears. A key feature of the book is the attention given to France; its experience is little known in the English-speaking world. The book concludes that both continents can offer each other useful insights and perhaps policy guidance."--Jacket.

The potential for reunification of the two Koreas, whether in the short or long term, argues for a comprehensive look at policy and planning issues that encompass the peninsula as a whole. This book deals with spatial policy issues in both South and North Korea in a broad and non-political way. Part one deals with South Korea, examining cultural changes, the capital city of Seoul, Greenbelt policy, the balanced national (regional) development strategy, and the new mega-regional approach. Part two delves into aspects of development in North Korea, such as the limitations of national statistics