Research Catalog

Title

Confronting suburban decline : strategic planning for metropolitan renewal / William H. Lucy and David L. Phillips.

Author

Lucy, William.

Publication

Washington, D.C. ; Covelo, Calif. : Island Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors

Phillips, David L.

Description

xxi, 321 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"William H. Lucy and David L. Phillips examine conditions and trends in cities and suburbs since 1960, arguing that beginning in the 1980s, the United States entered a "post-suburban" era of declining suburbs with maturation of communities accompanied by large-scale deterioration." "Making the case that a high-quality natural and built environment is key to achieving economic stability, the authors set forth a series of policy recommendations with federal, state, regional, and local dimensions that can help contribute to that goal." "Planners and policymakers as well as students and researchers involved with issues of land use, economic development, regional planning, community development or inter-governmental relations will find this book a valuable resource."--Jacket.

Subject

• Since 1960
• Suburbs > United States
• Suburbs > United States > Case studies
• Urban policy > United States
• Metropolitan areas > United States
• United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.291-305) and index.

Contents

Strategic Planning and the Postsuburban Era -- Suburban Poverty -- Metropolitan Evolution in the United States -- The Postsuburban Era -- Why Suburbs Decline Rapidly -- Isolation, Maturity, and Deterioration -- The Postsuburban Era and Metropolitan Renewal -- Mobility and Strategy -- Sprawl and the Tyranny of Easy Development Decisions -- Limiting Private Risk and Public Influence -- Regional Strategic Planning -- Mutual Adjustments -- Actors' Decisions and Metropolitan Housing Markets -- Jurisdictions' Policy Goals -- Commuting Influences Decisions -- Distance, Prices, and Developers -- Sprawl, Regulations, and Risk -- Strategic Planning: Assessing Dangers in a Postsuburban Era -- The Role of Dangers in Strategic Planning -- Can Indicators Help Predict Dangers? -- Metropolitan Evolution -- Connections among Dangers: Four Paired Concepts -- Housing Comes First -- Important Conditions and Leading Indicators of Trends -- Are Predictive Concepts and Leading Indicators Used in Strategic Plans? -- Policy Implications -- Next Steps -- The Postsuburban Era Comes to Richmond -- Recent Evolution of the Richmond-Petersburg Metropolitan Area -- City and Suburban Population Loss and Relative Income Decline -- Suburban-Exurban Sprawl -- The Postsuburban Era: Detailed Definition -- The Richmond Region Meets Criteria -- Maturing Suburbs -- Planning Strategies and Market Results for Old Suburbs: The Washington, D.C. Region -- Planning and Competition -- The Washington, D.C. Region -- Inner Suburban Revival in Northern Virginia -- Arlington.

ISBN

1559637706 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99050952^

OCLC

43318515

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library