If you want an introduction into the policy side, read: Duany, et al.’s Suburban Nation. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780865477506 https://us.macmillan.com/

If you want an introduction into the policy side, read: Duany, et al.’s Suburban Nation. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780865477506 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780865477506 Kunstler‘s Geography of Nowhere. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Geography-Of-Nowhere/James-Howard-Kunstler/9780671888251 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Geography-Of-Nowhere/... It is extremely dismal but also theoretically fixable for future development.