Shadows of a Sunbelt City : The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin /

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"Austin, Texas is generally depicted as one of the great urban success stories of the past half century--a place that has grown enormously through 'creative class' strategies that emphasize diversity and environmental consciousness. Eliot Tretter's book reinterprets this familiar...

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Autor principal: Tretter, Eliot (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin.
Rassismus
Informationsgesellschaft
Stadtökologie
Stadtplanung
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Universities and colleges > Social aspects.
Universities and colleges > Environmental aspects.
Racism.
Race relations.
Knowledge economy.
Economic history.
Ecology.
City planning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Universites > Aspect social > Texas > Austin.
Économie du savoir > Texas > Austin.
Racisme > Texas > Austin.
Écologie urbaine > Texas > Austin.
Universities and colleges > Environmental aspects > Texas > Austin.
Universities and colleges > Social aspects > Texas > Austin.
City planning > Texas > Austin.
Knowledge economy > Texas > Austin.
Racism > Texas > Austin.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Texas > Austin.
Austin, Tex.
Texas > Austin.
Austin (Tex.) > Economic conditions.
Austin (Tex.) > Race relations.
Austin (Tex.) > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Forces of growth
  • The making of a globalized Austin : the environment, racism, and the knowledge economy
  • The value of knowledge : the expansion of the University of Texas, urban renewal, and the blackland
  • Bringing in the state : state entrepreneurialism, the university, land development, and the high-technology sector
  • Part 2. Urban transformations
  • Sustaining a higher quality of life : the environment, crime, and the remaking of Austin's downtown
  • Contesting sustainability : "smart growth" and the redevelopment of Austin's east side
  • What is past is prologue : urban governance, comprehensive planning, and political reform
  • Reflections: Outside the shadows.

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