Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge...
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
CA
Genres:
Documentary
Release:
January 2004
Production:
The Electric Wallpaper Company
Cast:
Barrie Zwicker, James Howard Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare, Richard Heinberg, Matthew Simmons
Tags:
american dream, highway, suburbia, energy supply, oil, energy, environment, oil industry, urban development, peak oil, social issues, public transport, sustainability