Shaping suburbia : how political institutions organize urban development
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Shaping suburbia : how political institutions organize urban development
(Pitt series in policy and institutional studies)
University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996
- : pbk
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Note
Bibliography: p. 263-280
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study proposes that a fundamental political logic underlies the patterns of surburban growth in the US. Using data from case studies of Denver and Portland, the author shows that the political geography of a metropolitan area can play a key role in shaping its suburbs.
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