| Description |
xxi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Strategic Planning and the Postsuburban Era -- Ch. 2. Sprawl and the Tyranny of Easy Development Decisions -- Ch. 3. Strategic Planning: Assessing Dangers in a Postsuburban Era -- Ch. 4. The Postsuburban Era Comes to Richmond -- Ch. 5. Planning Strategies and Market Results for Old Suburbs: The Washington, D.C. Region -- Ch. 6. Why Cities Succeed in Some of the 50 States -- Ch. 7. Patterns of Suburban Decline -- Ch. 8. Housing and Neighborhood Decline: Struggles of Middle Age -- Ch. 9. Regional Governance of the New Metropolitan Mosaic -- Ch. 10. Policies and Plans to Reduce Sprawl, Increase Reinvestment, and Limit Disparities |
| Summary |
"William H. Lucy and David L. Phillips examine conditions and trends in cities and suburbs since 1960, arguing that beginning in the 1980s, the United States entered a "post-suburban" era of declining suburbs with maturation of communities accompanied by large-scale deterioration." "Making the case that a high-quality natural and built environment is key to achieving economic stability, the authors set forth a series of policy recommendations with federal, state, regional, and local dimensions that can help contribute to that goal." "Planners and policymakers as well as students and researchers involved with issues of land use, economic development, regional planning, community development or inter-governmental relations will find this book a valuable resource."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305) and index |
| Subject |
Metropolitan areas -- United States.
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Suburbs -- United States -- Case studies.
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Suburbs -- United States.
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Urban policy -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140511 -- 1960-
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140520
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140524
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| Author |
Phillips, David L.
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| LC no. |
99050952 |
| ISBN |
1559637706 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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