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

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• Authors: Paul G. Lewis, Paul G. Neiman Lewis, Paul G./ Neiman Lewis, Max Neiman, Paul G. Lewis
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.03.2009
• EAN: 9781589012561
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-256-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning