New urban development : looking back to see forward /

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The recent recession is one result of how local planning laws and practices have stifled competition, discouraged innovation, and artificially pushed up prices in America's most economically vibrant regions. Economist and consultant Claude Gruen unravels the story behind how these unintended co...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gruen, Claude
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Growth.
Housing policy.
Villes > Croissance.
Logement > Politique gouvernementale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Urban & Regional.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Constraints on housing additions escalate prices
  • Vitality from growth and freedom to change
  • Encouraging the expansion of land use and constraining it
  • Housing market structure
  • How neighborhoods change, why occupants change neighborhoods
  • The turn against expansion and growth
  • Suburbanization and sprawl
  • Urban policies for the new economy.

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