Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Government and Urban Development
  • Governments in the New York Region
  • The Impact of Government on Development
  • Government as Inconsequential: A Critique
  • Varieties of Influence
  • Varieties of Influence: A Further Look
  • The Sources of Governmental Influence
  • Areal and Functional Scope: Toward a Classification of Governments
  • Concentration of Resources
  • Formal independence
  • Variety and intensity of constituency demands
  • Control over the use of land
  • Financial resources
  • Political skill
  • Control over subordinate units
  • Planning
  • Targets of Analysis
  • Development in the New York Region
  • Size and Complexity
  • The Physical Setting
  • Genesis from the Sea
  • The Unique Central Business District
  • External Economies and White-Collar Jobs
  • Benefits and Costs of the Central Business District
  • The Decline of the Older Cities
  • The Departure of Middle-Class Whites
  • The Growth of Black and Hispanic Ghettos
  • The Dispersal of Blue-Collar Jobs
  • The Burdens of the Cities
  • The Spreading Metropolis
  • The Impact of Transportation
  • The Movement of Jobs and Homes
  • The Slowing of the Region's Growth
  • Maximizing Internal Benefits
  • Suburban Capabilities
  • The Constraint of Size
  • Variations Among Suburbs
  • Homogeneity and Heterogeneity
  • The Central Fact of Autonomy
  • The Pervasive Influence of the Property Tax
  • The Logic of Exclusion
  • The Westchester Approach
  • Planning for Fewer People
  • The Dilemma of Apartments
  • The Right Kind of Industry.