Growth Management in the Us - Between Theory and Practice

List of contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Growth management: background and development; Multiple theories in the city and regional planning 'store'; Linking theory to action: classifying growth management activities in line with the theoretical framework; Managing growth in California and dealing with growth in the San Francisco Bay Area; Applying growth management activities in the San Francisco Bay Area - experiences and examples; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

Following a study of the San Francisco Bay Area, this book puts forward a theoretical approach to growth management, studying it as a tool for controlling land use expansion in the US. Examining growth management activities that have been proved successful, it questions how these approaches function in today’s complex planning paradigms.

Product details

• Authors: PALLAGST, Karina Pallagst, Pallagst Karina
• Assisted by: Karina M. Pallagst (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780815389361
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-8936-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Regional & area planning, Regional and area planning