Building Rules - How Local Controls Shape Community Environments and Economies

This book provides an examination of the true impacts of local development controls on urban and suburban growth, based on a systematic comparative study of urban areas in Southern California. It explains how to better understand theories of growth and urban governance.

List of contents

The Relevance of Regulation -- Sites -- Has Growth Been Stopped? Not Much -- Power to Build: How Cities Grow Under Growth Control -- Project Peddling: What Gets Approved and How -- Indirect Effects: How Building Rules Make Growth Different -- Building the Rules -- Measuring Growth Control Impacts -- Chronologies of Growth Control -- Case Study Details -- Interview Schedule

About the author

Warner, Kee | Molotch, Harvey

Summary

This book provides an examination of the true impacts of local development controls on urban and suburban growth, based on a systematic comparative study of urban areas in Southern California. It explains how to better understand theories of growth and urban governance.

Product details

• Authors: Harvey Molotch, Harvey L. Molotch, Molotch Harvey, Kee Warner, Kee Molotch Warner, Warner Kee
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2001
• EAN: 9780813339238
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3923-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / General, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Civil engineering, surveying and building