Transparent Urban Development : Building Sustainability Amid Speculation in Phoenix

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...

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Main Author Stanley, Benjamin W. (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
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
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319589107
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-58910-7
Physical DescriptionXVII, 297 p. 30 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Theories of Urban Growth, Sustainability, and Transparent Development
  • 2. The Speculative Growth Paradigm in the History of Phoenix
  • 3. A History of Property Development and Ownership in Downtown Phoenix
  • 4. The Political Economy of Land Speculation in Downtown Phoenix
  • 5. Policy Approaches to Transparent Urban Development in Phoenix.

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