America's first truly twenty-first-century metropolis, Los Angeles
is often depicted as diverse, fragmented, polarized, and
ungovernable, a city without a unifying geographic center or civic
culture. The sprawling evolution of the city and its infamous
problems-traffic, pollution, growing inequality-are usually
attributed to a Wild West version of capitalism-the triumph of an
unregulated free market over comprehensive urban planning. But
market choices and lack of planning did not set the terrain of
Southern California: Los Angeles has been profoundly shaped by a
wide range of local, state, and federal public policies and
programs.
Up against the Sprawl details how governmental policies and
public agencies have dictated many aspects of the region's growth:
infrastructure, transportation, housing, immigration, finances,
civic and regional administration, the environment. The authors
also argue that since public policy set the landscape, it can help
forge the future. They explore countermovements by progressive
activists to use innovative policies-from smart growth initiatives
to the actions of living wage advocates-for greater social,
economic, and environmental justice.
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of past
and present urban processes and policy, and highlights practical
lessons for urban and regional policy makers and activists in Los
Angeles and beyond.
Contributors: Carolyn B. Aldana, California State U, San
Bernadino; Carol S. Armstrong; Michael Dear, U of Southern
California; Gary Dymski, U of California Riverside; Steven P. Erie,
USC; Gregory Freeman; William Fulton; Elizabeth Gearin, USC;
Genevieve Giuliano, USC; Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, U
ofMassachusetts, Boston; Enrico A. Marcelli; Myra A. Marks, Loyola
Marymount U; Juliet Musso, USC; Stephanie Pincetl, USC; Laura
Pulido; Christine M. Ryan; John P. Wilson.
Jennifer Wolch is professor of geography and director of the
Center for Sustainable Cities at the University of Southern
California.
Manuel Pastor Jr. is professor of Latino and Latin American
studies and director of the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and
Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Peter Dreier is Clapp Distinguished Professor and director of
the Urban and Environmental Policy Program at Occidental
College.
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