Urban Growth Management and Its Discontents

Name: Urban Growth Management and Its Discontents
Author: Y. Dierwechter

Promises, Practices, and Geopolitics in U.S. City-Regions

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels

Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2008

ISBN13: 9781403975249

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Palgrave Macmillan US e druk, 2008 9781403975249

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Samenvatting

This book introduces, synthesizes, and evaluates spatial planning for growth management in the contemporary USA. It discusses the neglected relationship between the actual environmental results of various state growth management systems and the geographically diverse politics of discontent with these various systems.

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ISBN13:9781403975249

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

Hoofdrubriek:Mens en maatschappij

Inhoudsopgave

Introduction Pro-growth, Anti-growth, Smart growth: History for a 'usable' future The Territorialities of the Smart-growth Paradigm: A theoretical framework Spatial Promises: Smart goals for urban growth management Spatial Practices: Tools, techniques and the geo-politics of urban growth management Metropolitan Portland: Excavating the new territorialities of 'success' Seattle-Tacoma: Re-scaling the spaces of fragmented places Greater Baltimore: hope through smart growth and the spaces of retreat Madison-Dane County: Regionalizing the progressive tradition Conclusions: After the 'next step'