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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808734803321

Autore

Kaiser Harvey H. <1936->

Titolo

The building of cities : development and conflict / / Harvey H. Kaiser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 1978

ISBN

0-8014-6931-7

0-8014-6932-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

301.36/3/0973

Soggetti

New towns - United States

Community development - United States

City planning - United States

New towns - New York (State)

Community development - New York (State)

City planning - New York (State)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures and Maps -- Abbreviations -- 1. Development and Conflict -- 2. City Building -- 3. Lysander (Radisson) -- 4. Gananda -- 5. Riverton -- 6. Urban Development and New Communities -- Appendix: Macedon-Walworth New Community District Zoning Ordinance -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this classic book that records a moment in the history of urban planning, the architect and city planner Harvey H. Kaiser examines the city-building process from the time when a proposal for urban development is first conceived to the early stages of construction. To illuminate the factors that underlie acceptance or rejection of community development, Kaiser focuses on the proposals for three towns in upstate New York-Lysander (near Syracuse) and Gananda and Riverton (both near Rochester). These were brand-new developments and municipalities, and thus quite different from other trends of suburbanization that attached development onto existing municipalities. Step by step, he describes what happened in each of these communities during the presentation of the initial proposal, how parties interacted with each other, and how the climate of the



community influenced the actions of the parties. Basing his work on hundreds of interviews, attendance at public meetings, and a review of many articles and documents, Kaiser shows that in each case the emergence of controversy and degree of acceptance was influenced by the developer's leadership, the characteristics of the developer's organization, and the method of presenting the proposal to the public. Kaiser brings to his comparative approach a background in the rough and tumble of day-to-day project management and the development of plans as well as their administration. First published in 1978, The Building of Cities remains an invaluable resource for developers, architects, public officials, and citizens involved in local government.