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Sprawling from Grace : Driven to Madness
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When city planners first started building housing developments, they assumed it would be the car, not public transportation, that would bring people to needed goods and services. The automobile had...
When city planners first started building housing developments, they assumed it would be the car, not public transportation, that would bring people to needed goods and services. The automobile had come to define America as a nation - it was a luxurious status symbol and an emblem of the country's pioneering spirit. But with gas prices now soaring and air pollution threatening health and habitat, how much longer can the suburban lifestyle be sustained? This documentary examines problems and possible solutions surrounding the dependence on cars created by suburban sprawl, emphasizing the need for walkable, mixed-use communities served by public transit.
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- Creator
- Journeyman Pictures (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (82 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn858451263
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 15, 2012.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction to the Suburbia Issue (2:01) -- Freedom to Drive (3:55) -- Widening the Road with Negligible Results (1:58) -- Concern over Commute Times (1:08) -- Unsustainable Suburban City Planning (3:29) -- Infrastructure of Diminishing Returns (1:19) -- Dangers of a Deteriorating Highway System (2:05) -- Peak Oil Discussion (3:21) -- End of Cheap Fossil Fuel (1:52) -- Predicting Oil Supply Interruptions (1:31) -- Limiting Factors in Adjusting to Fuel Interruptions (2:31) -- Emulating Unsustainable U.S. Land Use Patterns (1:24) -- Emerging Petroleum Based Societies (1:30) -- Dependency on Foreign Oil (2:59) -- Consequences of High Oil Prices (2:52) -- Forced into Car Ownership (1:09) -- Oil: Source of all Wealth (2:58) -- Iraq: Oil War (3:14) -- No More Easy Oil Supplies (1:49) -- Looking Beyond Fossil Fuels (1:18) -- No Renewable Energy Panacea (5:25) -- Addressing America's Addiction to Cars (1:59) -- Rethinking Land Use (2:50) -- Humans: Slow Moving, Walking Animals (2:42) -- Bringing Back Main Street (2:19) -- Drawing on Historical Urban Designs (2:05) -- Rail Based Alternatives (1:07) -- Transit Oriented Development (3:24) -- Desegregating Urban Design (2:49) -- Senior Mobility (1:10) -- Returning to the City (1:29) -- Changing the American Lifestyle (2:30) -- Anticipating the Automobile's End (1:23) -- New Urbanism Movement (3:13) -- Credits: Sprawling from Grace: Driven to Madness (2:29)