Sprawl & Politics: The Inside Story of Smart Growth in Maryland

Sprawl and Politics is a political history of the origin, enactment, and implementation of Maryland's well-known Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative. It is an insider's look at the political pressures and decisions made by Parris N. Glendening, the former governor of Maryland, and his top staff as they worked to enact and implement a new program to manage growth and curtail sprawl. The book traces the evolution of the Smart Growth program from its substantive underpinnings to the political and public relations strategies needed to assure the program's adoption.

At the University of Maryland, John W. Frece is Associate Director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education. He is the coeditor (with Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Huibert A. Haccou, and Kelly J. Clifton) of Incentives, Regulations, and Plans: The Role of States and Nation-states in Smart Growth Planning.