Transparent Urban Development : Building Sustainability Amid Speculation in Phoenix

• Main Author: Stanley, Benjamin W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Urban geography.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Sociology, Urban.; Human geography.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319589107
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58910-7
• Physical Description: XVII, 297 p. 30 illus. in color. online resource.

This book studies both the tangible benefits and substantial barriers to sustainable development in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Utilizing mixed research methods to probe downtown Phoenix's political economy of development, this study illustrates how non-local property ownership and land specu...