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The best-laid plans : how government planning harms your quality of life, your pocketbook, and your future / / Randal O'Toole
| The best-laid plans : how government planning harms your quality of life, your pocketbook, and your future / / Randal O'Toole |
| Autore | O'Toole Randal |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (434 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Central planning - United States
Capitalism - United States |
| ISBN |
9786611905125
9781281905123 1281905127 9781933995274 1933995270 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Forest planning -- The case of the fake forests -- Garbage in, gospel out -- A process of natural selection -- Analysis paralysis -- The return of fire dominance -- Why planning fails -- Radical doctrine or rational decisionmaking? -- Human barriers -- Planning is not necessary -- Land-use planning -- Urban renewal -- Turning Portland into L.A. -- How smart is "smart growth"? -- Smart growth as oppression -- Homeownership -- Housing affordability -- Housing bubbles -- It's supply, not demand -- Portland housing -- Smart growth and crime -- Portland planning implodes -- Why planners fail -- The planning profession -- The history of planning -- The ideal communist city -- Urban renewal in the United States -- From radiant city to smart growth -- Typical planning methods -- Transportation planning -- Planning vs. chaos -- The benefits of the automobile -- Costs exaggerated -- The panic over peak oil -- Planning for congestion -- Building auto-hostile streets -- The rail transit hoax -- Transportation myths -- Why government fails -- Power and rationality -- Legislators: seeking reelection -- Special interests: looking for handouts -- Bureaucrats: maximizing budgets -- The executive: distracted by detail -- Courts and voters: the last lines of defense -- Instead of planning -- 246 varieties of cheese -- Make the market work -- Turn open-access resources into property -- Protect public goods with trusts -- Understand government's limits -- Reforming public land management -- Reforming transportation -- Reforming land use -- The American dream. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911004891603321 |
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Gridlock! : why we are stuck in traffic and what to do about it / / Randal O'Toole
| Gridlock! : why we are stuck in traffic and what to do about it / / Randal O'Toole |
| Autore | O'Toole Randal |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : CATO Institute, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation - United States
Transportation and state - United States Automobile driving - Social aspects - United States Transportation - Planning Traffic congestion - United States |
| ISBN |
9786613085054
9781283085052 1283085054 9781935308249 1935308246 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Land of Mobility; 2. Potholes in the Road; 3. A Fork in the Road; 4. Lies My Transit Agency Told Me; 5. The Next Boondoggle; 6. The Road to Green; 7. Paying for Mobility; 8. Faith-Based Transportation Planning; 9. Dude, Where's My Driverless Car?; 10. Reforming Federal Transportation Policy; 11. State and Local Transportation Policy; 12. Conclusions; Notes; Index; About the Author; Cato Institute |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911004892003321 |
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| Washington, D.C., : CATO Institute, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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