Urban Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Deliberative Democracy

Urban sprawl is an increasingly common feature of the built environment in the United States and other industrialized nations. Although there is considerable evidence that urban sprawl has adverse affects on public health and the environment, policy frameworks designed to combat sprawl-such as smart...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2010-10, Vol.100 (10), p.1852-1856
Main Author: RESNIK, David B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Automobiles
Biological and medical sciences
Built environment
Cities
City Planning - legislation & jurisprudence
City Planning - standards
Community
Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence
Democracy
Environment Design - legislation & jurisprudence
Environment Design - standards
General aspects
Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy and Ethics
Housing developments
Humans
Industrial development
Industrialized nations
Inner city
Mass transit
Medical sciences
Metropolitan areas
Miscellaneous
Neighborhoods
Outdoor air quality
Parks & recreation areas
Policy Making
Politics
Pollutants
Population density
Property values
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Public Opinion
Single family
Smart growth
Social Environment
Suburban areas
Towns
Traffic congestion
United States
Urban development
Urban planning
Urbanization
Values
Water quality
Zoning
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Summary:Urban sprawl is an increasingly common feature of the built environment in the United States and other industrialized nations. Although there is considerable evidence that urban sprawl has adverse affects on public health and the environment, policy frameworks designed to combat sprawl-such as smart growth-have proven to be controversial, making implementation difficult. Smart growth has generated considerable controversy because stakeholders affected by urban planning policies have conflicting interests and divergent moral and political viewpoints. In some of these situations, deliberative democracy-an approach to resolving controversial public-policy questions that emphasizes open, deliberative debate among the affected parties as an alternative to voting-would be a fair and effective way to resolve urban-planning issues.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/ajph.2009.182501