Benjamin Ross explains "not-in-my-backyard" politics
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2014 · Education
Benjamin Ross, author of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism, discusses the growing resistance toward construction in suburban areas and links it to the homeowners' desire to protect the "brand images" of their neighborhoods. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/dead-end-9780199360147 Benjamin Ross is the author of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism. He was president of Maryland's Action Committee for Transit for 15 years, which grew under his leadership into the nation's largest grass-roots transit advocacy group. Ross is a consultant on environmental problems and served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and EPA Science Advisory Board. He writes frequently on political and social topics in Dissent Magazine and is the author of The Polluters: The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment. © Oxford University Press
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