Shaping suburbia

1996

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Title
Shaping suburbia: how political institutions organize urban development
Creator
Lewis, Paul G.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Statement of Responsibility
Paul G. Lewis.
Date
1996
Identifier
31735060482027
Description
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Extent
xv, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Type
text
Genre
bibliography
Subject
City planning--United States
Suburbs--United States
Urbanization--United States
Local government--United States
Geographic Subjects
United States
Series Title
Pitt series in policy and institutitonal studies
Language
eng
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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