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New urban development : looking back to see forward /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gruen, Claude
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.