Custodians of Place: Governing the Growth and Development of Cities

by Paul G. Lewis and Max Neiman

Custodians of Place provides a new theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development. Lewis and Neiman surveyed officials in hundreds of California cities of all sizes and socioeconomic characteristics to account for differences in local development policies. This book shows city governments at the center of the action in shaping their destinies, frequently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589012569
• ISBN13: 9781589012561
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher