Growth management in the US [[electronic resource] ] : between theory and practice / / Karina M. Pallagst

• Autore: Pallagst Karina
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/2160973
• Soggetto topico: Land use - United States - Planning; Land use - California - San Francisco Bay Area - Planning
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Table; List of Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Growth Management: Background and Development; 3 Multiple Theories in the City and Regional Planning 'Store'; 4 Linking Theory to Action: Classifying Growth Management Activities in line with the Theoretical Framework; 5 Managing Growth in California and Dealing with Growth in the San Francisco Bay Area; 6 Applying Growth Management Activities in the San Francisco Bay Area-Experiences and Examples; 7 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Many growth management ideas conflict with planning traditions in the USA, historically dominated by the concerns of the market, the landowner and the developer. Illustrated by a study of the San Francisco Bay Area, this book puts forward an innovative theoretical approach to growth management, analyzing it as a tool for controlling land use expansion in the US.
• Titolo autorizzato: Growth management in the US
• ISBN: 1-351-15694-2; 1-281-10366-7; 9786611103668; 0-7546-8327-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777304203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Urban planning and environment.