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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155308603321

Autore

Nielsen Erik Solevad

Titolo

Smart Growth Entrepreneurs : Partners in Urban Sustainability / / by Erik Solevad Nielsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-41027-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 189 p. 8 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Social sciences

Sociology, Urban

Urban geography

Environmental sociology

Environmental policy

Social Sciences, general

Urban Studies/Sociology

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)

Environmental Sociology

Environmental Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction – Markets, Governments, and Smart Growth  -- Sprawl and Smart Growth  -- Managing Urban Growth in Oregon and California  -- The Smart Growth Machine: Coalitions of Entrepreneurs .-Smart Growth and the Great Recession  -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines smart growth entrepreneurs—innovators in government, development companies, architectural firms, and other organizations, who coalesce to shift policies and markets toward green planning and building practices. Cities across the world are trying to manage their population and economic growth by implementing the design principles of Smart Growth and New Urbanism, which includes developing green buildings that are compact, mixed-use, and in close proximity to transit services. How do innovators, governments, and



markets interact in this planning and development process? The book profiles smart growth entrepreneurs and their projects in both Southern California and the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. The author highlights the unique obstacles, political and economic, that these actors encounter and details the centrality of markets and regulations in sustainable urban development.