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People often bemoan the spread of malls, suburban strips, subdivisions, and other sprawling places in contemporary America. But are these places as bad as critics claim? In "Sprawling Places", David Kolb questions widely held assumptions about our built environments.Kolb agrees there is a lot not to like about many contemporary places, but to write them off simply as commodified "nonplaces" does not treat them critically. Too often, Kolb says, aesthetic character and urban authenticity are the focus of critics, when it is more important to understand a place's complexity and connectedness. Kolb acknowledges that the places around us increasingly have banal exteriors, yet they can be complex and can encourage their inhabitants to use them in multiple, nonlinear ways. Ultimately, Kolb believes it is human activity within a place that defines it. Even our most idealized, classical places, he shows, change over the course of history when subjected to new linkages and different flows of activity.Engaging with the work of such writers and critics as Henri Lefebvre, Manuel Castells, Karsten Harries, and Christian Norberg-Schulz, Kolb seeks to move discussions about sprawl away from the idea that we must "choose between being rooted in the local Black Forest soil or wandering in directionless space. " By increasing our awareness of complexity and other issues, Kolb hopes to broaden and deepen people's thinking about the contemporary built environment and to encourage better designs in the future..
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on June 30, 2007. The length of the article is 678 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Princess home a royal treat; Sprawling penthouse perched atop historic warehouse.(Homes - New)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication:Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 30, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: I1

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The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This ¿data dump¿ results in many unexpected examples for sprawling, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under ¿fair use¿ conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org)..
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This digital document is an article from Reason, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2007. The length of the article is 6919 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Wikipedia and beyond: Jimmy Wales' sprawling vision.(Cover story)(Biography)
Author: Katherine Mangu-Ward
Publication:Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39 Issue: 2 Page: 18(12)

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on March 6, 2006. The length of the article is 825 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Palomar College looks to pass bond: sprawling N. County district is polled to gauge support.(fund raising through bonds)
Author: Lauren Rae Brimmer
Publication:San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 6, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 27 Issue: 10 Page: 8(1)

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Tate and Snyders have used the design to make a civic language in a territory that is only just now reaching density of inhabitation sufficient to allow a particular identity to emerge..
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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on May 26, 2003. The length of the article is 867 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sprawling complex looms large over horizon.(Nissan Motor Company Ltd. in Canton, Mississippi)
Author: Lynne W. Jeter
Publication:Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 26, 2003
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 25 Issue: 21 Page: 19(1)

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