Suburban Land Conversion in the United States: An Economic and Governmental Process

ISBN-13: 9781617260773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 425 str.

Marion Clawson

Opis

'The Resources for the Future Library Collection' brings back landmark books published by Resources for the Future throughout its nearly 60-year history as the pre-eminent research institution devoted exclusively to environmental issues.

Spis treści

1: Scope, Focus, and Design of the Book; I: Forces, Processes, Actors; 2: Some Measures of Urbanization; 3: Postwar Urbanization in the United States; 4: The Nature of the Urban Impact on the Rural Countryside; 5: The Decision-Making Process in Urban Expansion; 6: The Chief Actors in Urban Expansion; 7: The Suburban Land Market; 8: Public Services for Suburban Areas; 9: Externalities and Interdependencies in Urban Land Uses and Values; II: The Northeastern Urban Complex in the United States; 10: An Overview of the Complex; 11: Land Use in Three Study Areas of the Northeastern Urban Complex; 12: Decision Making in Suburbanization of the Three Study Areas; 13: A Glance at Other Metropolitan Areas in the Northeastern Urban Complex; 14: The Emerging Regional Urban Complex; III: Possibilities for the Future; 15: A Summary Appraisal of Suburban Land Conversion; 16: Another Generation of the Present Suburbanization Process; 17: Alternatives for Planned Modification of the Suburban Land Conversion Process

O autorze

Marion Clawson