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Author Pallagst, Karina

Title Growth Management in the US : Between Theory and Practice
Published Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages)
Series Urban Planning and Environment
Urban planning and environment.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Land use -- United States -- Planning
Land use -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Planning
Land use -- Planning
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780754683278
0754683273
1281103667
9781281103666