Atlanta Unbound: Enabling Sprawl through Policy and Planning

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ATLANTA UNBOUND In the series Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy, edited by Zane L. Miller, David Stradling, and Larry Bennett Also in this series: Scott Larson, “Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind”: Contemporary Planning in New York City Gary Rivlin, Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency William Issel, Church and State in the City: Catholics and Politics in Twentieth-Century San Francisco Julia L. Foulkes, To the City: Urban Photographs of the New Deal John D. Fairfield, The Public and Its Possibilities: Triumphs and Tragedies in the American City William Issel, For Both Cross and Flag: Catholic Action, Anti-Catholicism, and National Security Politics in World War II San Francisco Lisa Hoffman, Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China: Fostering Talent John D. Fairfield, The Public and Its Possibilities: Triumphs and Tragedies in the American City Andrew Hurley, Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities ATLANTA Enabling Sprawl through Policy and Planning Carlton Wade Basmajian TEMPLE UnIvERSITy PRESS | PHILADELPHIA TEMPLE UnIvERSITy PRESS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright © 2013 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2013 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Basmajian, Carlton Wade, 1973– Atlanta unbound : enabling sprawl through policy and planning / Carlton Wade Basmajian. pages cm. — (Urban life, landscape, and policy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBn 978-1-4399-0939-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBn 978-1-4399-0941-6 (e-book) 1. Urbanization—Georgia— Atlanta. 2. Urban policy—Georgia—Atlanta. 3. Regional planning—Georgia—Atlanta. 4. City planning—Georgia— Atlanta. 5. Atlanta (Ga.)—Population. I. Title. HT384.U52A824 2013 307.1′21609758231—dc23 2013007878 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American national Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, AnSI Z39.48-1992 Printed in the United States of America 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 ...