Urban sprawl is an ever-present reality for the residents of the DC metropolitan area.  Whether you live in an urban enclave in the District or in a bedroom community beyond the beltway, issues of urban planning, traffic, public transportation & housing affect your everyday life.  Instead of fighting the traffic on 395, why not check out one of the library's recent acquisitions concerning urban expansion, planning policies, housing challenges and the history of the development of Washington DC.

Berg, Scott.  Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington DC.  NA9085 L47 B47 2007

Breen, Ann.  Intown Living: A Different American Dream.  HT123 B735 2004

Calthorpe, Peter.  The Regional City.  HT392 C28 2001

Downs, Anthony.  Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion.  HE355.3 C64 D69 2004

Fogelson, Robert.  Downtown: Its Rise and Fall 1880 - 1950.  HT123 F64 2001

Fogelson, Robert.  Bourgeois Nightmare: Suburbia 1870 - 1930.  HT352 U6 F64 2005

Gale, Dennis.  Washington DC: Inner-City Revitalization and Minority Suburbanization.  HT177 W3 G35 1987

Gilette, Howard.  Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington DC.  HN80 W3 G55 1995

Hayden, Dolores.  Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth.  HT352 U5 H39 2004

Hayden, Dolores.  A Field Guide to Sprawl.  HT321 H3856 2004

Isenberg, Alison.  Downtown America: A History of the Place and People Who Made It.  HT123 I74 2004

Katz, Bruce.  Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform.  HE308 T35 2005

Lang, Robert.  Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities.  HT352 U6 L35 2007

Lewis, Robert.  Manufacturing Suburbs: Building Work and Home on the Metropolitan Fringe.  HT352 U5 M36 2004

Marshall, Alex.  How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and the Roads Not Taken.  HT166 M259 2000

Moe, Richard.  Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl. HT175 M65 1997

Morris, Douglas.  It's a Sprawl World After All.  HT352 U6 M67 2005

Nozzi, Dom.  Road to Ruin: An Introduction to Sprawl and how to Cure It.  HT384 U5 N68 2003

Post, Robert.  Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology.  TA1205 P67 2007

Schrag, Zachary.  The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington DC Metro.  HE4491 W44 W376 2006

Short, John Rennie.  Liquid City: Megalopolis and the Contemporary Northeast.  HT334 M53 S46 2007

Soule, David.  Urban Sprawl: A Comprehensive Reference Guide.  HT384 U5 U75 2006

Speck, Jeff.  Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream.  HT384 U5 D83 2001

Teaford, Jon.  The American Suburb: The Basics.  HT352 U6 T43 2008

Volti, Rudi.  Cares and Culture: The Life Story of a Technology.  TL15 V65 2004