Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-08-28
Edwin S. Mills of Northwestern University reviews “Don't Call It Sprawl: Metropolitan Structure in the Twenty-First Century” by William T. Bogart,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores the causes and implications of the changing metropolitan structure, placing the current policy debate over urban sprawl into a broader analytical and historical context. Discusses the world of today; making things better--the importance of flexibility; evolving metropolitan structure and urban sprawl; trading places; downtown--a place to work, a place to visit, and a place to live; how zoning matters; love the density, hate the congestion; homogeneity and heterogeneity in local government; and the world of tomorrow. Bogart is Dean of Academic Affairs at York College of Pennsylvania. Index.”