Daniels, Tom. When City and Country Collide, Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1999.

"...examines the fringe phenomenon and presents workable approach to fostering viable alternatives to traditional land use and development practices."

Duany, Andres; Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth, and Speck, Jeff. Suburban Nation, The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. New York: North Point Press, 2000.

"Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of this movement, and they assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social....."