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The Transformative City - Charlotte's Takeoffs and Landings (Hardcover)
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The Transformative City - Charlotte's Takeoffs and Landings (Hardcover)
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Sunbelt cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, and Miami, with their
international airports, have a transportation advantage that
overwhelms global competition from other southern cities. Why? The
short answer to this question seems to be intuitive, but the long
answer lies at the intersection of built infrastructure policies,
civic boosterism, and the changing nature of American cities.
Simply put, Charlotte leaders invested in the future and took
advantage of its opportunities. In the twentieth century Charlotte,
North Carolina, underwent several generational changes in
leadership and saw the emergence of a pro-growth coalition active
in matters of the city's ambience, race relations, business
decisions, and use of state and federal government grants-in-aid.
In The Transformative City, Wilbur C. Rich examines the complex
interrelationships of these factors to illustrate the uniqueness of
North Carolina's most populous city and explores the ways in which
the development and success of Charlotte Douglas International
Airport has in turn led to development in the city itself,
including the growth of both the financial industries and political
sectors. Rich also examines the role the federal government had in
airport development, banking, and race relation reforms. The
Transformative City traces the economic transformation of Charlotte
as a city and its airport as an agent of change.
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