When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth In The Metropolitan Fringe

by Tom Daniels

Strips of urban and suburban "fabric" have extended into the countryside, creating a ragged settlement pattern that blurs the distinction between rural, urban, and suburban. As traditional rural industries like farming, forestry, and mining rapidly give way to residential and commercial development, the land at the edges of developed areas -- the rural-urban fringe -- is becoming the middle landscape between city and countryside that the suburbs once were. When City and Country Collide examines the fringe phenomenon and presents a workable approach to fostering more compact development and better, more sustainable communities in those areas. It provides viable alternatives to traditional land use and development practices, and offers a solid framework and rational perspective for wider adoption of growth management techniques. The

382 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: the author was a professor for one of my classes.
Well-written and thoughtful exploration on land conservation, the stresses between rural areas and the extensions of metropolitan fringes due to development, and techniques that have been used to preserve rural locations and rural character.

[Rock · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really excellent and thorough guide to managing growth on the edge of cities. Though it was published in 1999, most of the techniques and theories are still current, primarily because they haven't been tested thanks to the prevailing pro-growth attitudes in the USA.