Housing and Planning References
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Page : 694 pages
File Size : 48,46 MB
Release : 1980
Category : City planning
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Page : 694 pages
File Size : 48,46 MB
Release : 1980
Category : City planning
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Author : United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Library and Information Division
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Page : 970 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 1972
Category : City planning
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Author : United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Library
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Page : pages
File Size : 39,31 MB
Release : 1974
Category : City planning
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Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Transportation
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Page : 738 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Roads
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Author : Kansas City (Mo.). City Plan Commission
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 31,55 MB
Release : 1954
Category : City planning
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Author : Arthur R. Gómez
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Page : 294 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
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Until World War II, the Four Corners Region—where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona meet—was a collection of isolated rural towns. In the postwar baby boom era, however, small communities like Farmington, New Mexico, became bustling municipalities with rapidly expanding economies. In Quest for the Golden Circle, Arthur Gomez traces the development of the Four Corners' two industries, mining and tourism, to discover how each contributed to the economic and urban transformation of this region during the 1950s and 1960s. Focusing on four cities—Durango, Colorado; Moab, Utah; Flagstaff, Arizona; and Farmington, New Mexico—Gomez chronicles how these towns played key roles in the West's dramatic postwar expansion. Cities such as Denver, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, and Salt Lake City all grew through use of the abundant petroleum, uranium, natural gas, timber, and other natural resources extracted from the Four Corners region. But the energy boom in these towns was not to last. With the arrival of foreign oil bringing economic growth to a halt in the early 1970s, town leaders turned again to the land to stimulate their economy. This time, the resource was a seemingly inexhaustible one—tourism. Gomez examines how business-minded citizens marketed the area's scenic wonders and established the entire region as a tourist destination. Their efforts were further assisted by the selection of stunning federal lands—Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, and Arches National Parks—as treasures protected and promoted by the National Park Service. Both mining and tourism, however, were beset by complex new problems and issues. Extensive highways, for instance, were planned to bisect a Navajo reservation. As Gomez illustrates, the growing cities in the Four Corners region felt tremendous competing pressures between outside business powers and local needs as their extractive economy boomed and busted and as they then struggled to attract tourism dollars. In addition, he highlights the prominent roles played by federal agencies like the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Park Service in shaping regional destiny. An outstanding analysis of the complexities of postwar development, Quest for the Golden Circle successfully illuminates the history of one region within the larger story of the modern American West.
Author : United States. Congress Senate
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Page : 2854 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
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Category : United States
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing
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Page : 548 pages
File Size : 19,62 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Federal aid to transportation
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Page : 616 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Union catalogs
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.