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Author Warner, Kee

Title Building Rules : How Local Controls Shape Community Environments And Economies
Published Boulder : Taylor and Francis, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 The Relevance of Regulation; Environmentalism as Local Urge; The Critique: Stranglers of the Economy; Economy Versus the Environment: Some Past Findings; Local Regulation and Urban Theory; Assessing Regulation; Plan of the Book; 2 Sites; Learning from Southern California; Selecting Study Sites; Identifying Growth Controls; Santa Barbara South Coast; Santa Monica; The Riverside Area; Growth Controls in Place: A Summary; 3 Has Growth Been Stopped? Not Much
First Findings: Rates of GrowthTesting the Power of Growth Restrictions; An Alternative Testing Strategy; 4 Power to Build: How Cities Grow Under Growth Control; Growth Through Symbolic Growth Control; Growth Through Episodic Growth Control; Growth Through Countervailing Policies; Growth Through Developer Initiatives; The Context of Control: Comparative Power Advantages; The Ways of Growth; 5 Project Peddling: What Gets Approved and How; Peddling Around with Our Projects; What Gets Approved and How; Project Environmental Reviews; Local Knowledge Base for Planning Decisions
Resisting Growth: A Matter of Degree6 Indirect Effects: How Building Rules Make Growth Different; Traffic; Natural Limits; Affordable Housing; Social Equity; Urban Spatial Form; Project Aesthetics; Exactions on the Ground: A Tally Between Places; 7 Building the Rules; Enhancing the Quality of Public Decisions; Regulation as Economic Boon; Grounding Sustainability; Who Wins What?; Making Markets Smarter; Valuing Land and Community; Balancing Commercial and Public Interests; Taking Stock of Local Controls; Appendix A: Measuring Growth Control Impacts; Notes to Appendix A
Appendix B: Chronologies of Growth ControlAppendix C: Commercial Valuation Data, 1970-1990; Appendix D: Residential Building Rates; Appendix E: Case Study Details; Appendix F: Interview Schedule; Reference List; Index
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Subject Zoning -- California, Southern
Regional planning -- California, Southern
Real estate development -- California, Southern
Real estate development
Regional planning
Zoning
Southern California
Form Electronic book
Author Warner, Kee
ISBN 9780429981593
0429981597