Building Rules: How Local Controls Shape Community Environments and Economies

by Harvey Molotch, Harvey L. Molotch, Kee Warner

Book Overview

Urban and suburban growth is a burning local issue for communities across the United States and many other parts of the world. Concerns include protecting habitats, high costs of infrastructure, social inequalities, traffic congestion, and more intangible worries about "quality of life." Citizens pressure public officials to intensify development regulations, flying in the face of local "growth machines." Builders and growth boosters oppose regulation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813339235
• ISBN13: 9780813339238
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"