Shaping Suburbia - How Political Institutions Organize Urban Development (Paperback, New)

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 states 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.

General

Imprint:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Pitt Series in Policy & Institutional Studies
Release date:	November 1996
First published:	October 1996
Authors:	Paul G. Lewis
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8229-5595-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Political geography
LSN:	0-8229-5595-4
Barcode:	9780822955955

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