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Fighting Sprawl and City Hall: Resistance to Urban Growth in the Southwest
Michael F. Logan
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Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KBBW; RN; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
The line is drawn in cities of the American West: on one side, chambers of commerce, developers, and civic boosters advocating economic growth; on the other, environmentalists and concerned citizens who want to limit what they see as urban sprawl. While this conflict is usually considered to have its origins in the rise of environmental activism during the late 1960s, opposition to urban growth in the Southwest began as early as the economic boom that followed World War II. Evidence of this resistance abounds, but it has been largely ignored by both western and urban historians. Fighting Sprawl and City ... Read more
The line is drawn in cities of the American West: on one side, chambers of commerce, developers, and civic boosters advocating economic growth; on the other, environmentalists and concerned citizens who want to limit what they see as urban sprawl. While this conflict is usually considered to have its origins in the rise of environmental activism during the late 1960s, opposition to urban growth in the Southwest began as early as the economic boom that followed World War II. Evidence of this resistance abounds, but it has been largely ignored by both western and urban historians. Fighting Sprawl and City ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816515530
SKU
V9780816515530
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