Transparent Urban Development: Building Sustainability Amid Speculation in Phoenix

ISBN-13: 9783319589091 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 297 str.

Benjamin W. Stanley

Opis

Utilizing mixed research methods to probe downtown Phoenix's political economy of development, this study illustrates how non-local property ownership and land speculation negatively impacted a concerted public-private effort to encourage infill construction on vacant land.

Spis treści

1. Theories of Urban Growth, Sustainability, and Transparent Development.- 2. The Speculative Growth Paradigm in the History of Phoenix.- 3. A History of Property Development and Ownership in Downtown Phoenix.- 4. The Political Economy of Land Speculation in Downtown Phoenix.- 5. Policy Approaches to Transparent Urban Development in Phoenix.

O autorze

Benjamin W. Stanley is Instructor at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change. His interdisciplinary research interests are split between urban sustainability, the contemporary political economy of land development, and comparative urban history.