Urban economics and land use in America :: the transformation of cities in the twentieth century /

This is a book about the reality of place in America, the events and influences that led to the America we recognize today. It is a book about the growth of American cities and their suburbs during the twentieth century, about institutions and metropolitan governance, about real estate development a...

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Main Author: Rabinowitz, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This is a book about the reality of place in America, the events and influences that led to the America we recognize today. It is a book about the growth of American cities and their suburbs during the twentieth century, about institutions and metropolitan governance, about real estate development and finance, about housing and the lack of it, about the emergence and perhaps the eventual debilitation of cities and suburbs alike. Incorporating the thinking of visionary city planners and land use economists, the author presents a lucid primer on the economics of land, its development and usage,
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9781317452805
1317452801

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