Custodians of Place - Governing the Growth and Development of Cities

Informationen zum Autor Paul G. Lewis is assistant professor of political science at Arizona State University. His previous book! Shaping Suburbia: How Political Institutions Organize Urban Development! was named an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice. Max Neiman is a senior resident scholar at the Institute of Government Studies! University of California! Berkeley. Klappentext Provides a theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development. Zusammenfassung Provides a theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction: Contingent Trusteeship and the Local Governance of Growth 2. The Context for Local Choices: Growth Pressures! Fiscal Incentives! and the California Setting 3. What Type of City to Be? Evaluating Different Kinds of Growth 4. The Vision Thing: Pursuing a Future Ideal 5. Firm Ground: Competing for Businesses and Jobs 6. Hustle or Balancing Act? Regulating Residential Growth 7. Custodians of Place: Systemic Representation in Local Governance Appendix A: The Consistency of "Visions" with Other Officials' Views: Comparing Responses across Surveys Appendix B: Detailed Results of Multivariate Analyses Notes Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul G. Lewis, Paul G. Neiman Lewis, Paul G./ Neiman Lewis, Max Neiman, Neiman Max, Paul G. Lewis
• Verlag: Georgetown University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 13.03.2009
• EAN: 9781589012561
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-256-1
• Seiten: 272
• Serien: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Architektur; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Stadt-, Raum- und Landschaftsplanung; Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy