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CUSTODIANS OF PLACE
GOVERNING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES |
| By: |
Paul G. Lewis, Max Neiman |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£23.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1589015908 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781589015906 |
| Publisher: |
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 March, 2009 |
| Series: |
American Governance and Public Policy series |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
Custodians of Place provides a new theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development. Lewis and Neiman surveyed officials in hundreds of California cities of all sizes and socioeconomic characteristics and discovered that city governments often can insulate themselves from short-term political pressures and craft policy that builds on past growth experiences and future vision. What types of cities tend to aggressively pursue industrial or retail firms? What types of cities tend to favor housing over business development? What motivates cities to try to slow residential growth? Custodians of Place answers these and many other questions. |
| Synopsis: |
Custodians of Place provides a new theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development. Lewis and Neiman surveyed officials in hundreds of California cities of all sizes and socioeconomic characteristics to account for differences in local development policies. This book shows city governments at the center of the action in shaping their destinies, frequently acting as far-sighted trustees of their communities. They explain how city governments often can insulate themselves for the better from short-term political pressures and craft policy that builds on past growth experiences and future vision. Findings also include how conditions on the ground-local commute times, housing affordability, composition of the local labor force-play an important role in determining the approach a city takes toward growth and land use. What types of cities tend to aggressively pursue industrial or retail firms? What types of cities tend to favor housing over business development? What motivates cities to try to slow residential growth? Custodians of Place answers these and many other questions. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student and over |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Georgetown University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Best Book in Urban Affairs (United States).
Winner of Urban Politics Section: Best Book Award (United States).
Winner of Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award (United States). |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |