Main entry:

Lewis, Paul George, 1966-

Title & Author:

Shaping suburbia : how political institutions organize urban development / Paul G. Lewis.

Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1996.

Description:

xv, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Pitt series in policy and institutional studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
Shaping the New Suburbia: An Introduction -- Actors, Preferences, and Political Institutions in Urban Development -- Political Structure and Urban Outcomes: An Aggregate Analysis -- The Institutional Context for Development in Two Regions: Comparing Portland and Denver -- Denver: Suburban Assertiveness, Centrifugal Development -- Portland: A Regionalized Politics Shapes Growth -- Conclusion: Political Economy and Metropolitan Growth -- Appendix 1: Metropolitan Areas in the Data Set -- Appendix 2: Denver: The Setting -- Appendix 3: Portland: The Setting -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Also available on the Internet.

Summary:

The American metropolis has been transformed over the past quarter century. Cities have turned inside out, with rapidly growing suburbs evolving into edge cities and technoburbs. But not all suburbs are alike. In Shaping Suburbia, Paul Lewis argues that a fundamental political logic underlies the patterns of suburban growth and argues that the key to understanding suburbia is to understand the local governments that control it - their number, functions, and power. Using innovative models and data analyses, Lewis shows that the relative political fragmentation of a metropolitan area plays a key part in shaping its suburbs.

Resources:
Publisher description
Full text available from University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions

ISBN:

082293938X (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780822939382 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0822955954 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780822955955 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

City planning United States.
Suburbs United States.
Urbanization United States.
Local government United States.
Design urbain États-Unis.
Banlieues États-Unis.
Urbanisation États-Unis.
Administration locale États-Unis.
City planning
Local government
Suburbs
Urbanization
Stadtplanung
Vorort
Stadtverwaltung
Stadsplanning.
Urbanisatie.
Stedelijk beleid.
United States
USA

Added entries:

Pitt series in policy and institutional studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 133900
Call No.: ID HT167.L48; ID:97-B333
Status: Available