Cities Under Pressure


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Regional Growth-- Local Reaction


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This book summarizes how 443 of California's cities and counties dealt with problems caused by rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s. Maps, charts, and graphs illustrate the distribution of different types of growth control measures throughout the state. This report is a valuable resource in light of changing social and economic conditions in the late 1990s and early 2000s.







Growth Management in the US


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Many growth management ideas conflict with planning traditions in the USA, historically dominated by the concerns of the market, the landowner and the developer. Illustrated by a study of the San Francisco Bay Area, this book puts forward an innovative theoretical approach to growth management, analyzing it as a tool for controlling land use expansion in the US.













Growth Management


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