Author: Phoenix (Ariz.). Planning CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
General Plan for Phoenix 1985-2000
Author: Phoenix (Ariz.). Planning CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
General Plan for Phoenix, 1985-2000
Author: General Plan for Phoenix, 1985-2000
Author: Phoenix Urban Village Model
Author: Phoenix (Ariz.). Planning DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Sky Harbor International Airport, Master Plan Update Improvements
Author: Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor
Author: Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix, 1860-2009
Author: Philip VanderMeerPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826348939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
Whether touted for its burgeoning economy, affordable housing, and pleasant living style, or criticized for being less like a city than a sprawling suburb, Phoenix, by all environmental logic, should not exist. Yet despite its extremely hot and dry climate and its remoteness, Phoenix has grown into a massive metropolitan area. This exhaustive study examines the history of how Phoenix came into being and how it has sustained itself, from its origins in the 1860s to its present status as the nation’s fifth largest city. From the beginning, Phoenix sought to grow, and although growth has remained central to the city’s history, its importance, meaning, and value have changed substantially over the years. The initial vision of Phoenix as an American Eden gave way to the Cold War Era vision of a High Tech Suburbia, which in turn gave way to rising concerns in the late twentieth century about the environmental, social, and political costs of growth. To understand how such unusual growth occurred in such an improbable location, Philip VanderMeer explores five major themes: the natural environment, urban infrastructure, economic development, social and cultural values, and public leadership. Through investigating Phoenix’s struggle to become a major American metropolis, his study also offers a unique view of what it means to be a desert city.
Phoenix
Author: Bradford LuckinghamPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816534675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
More than half of all Arizonans live in Phoenix, the center of one of the most urbanized states in the nation. This history of the Sunbelt metropolis traces its growth from its founding in 1867 to its present status as one of the ten largest cities in the United States. Drawing on a wide variety of archival materials, oral accounts, promotional literature, and urban historical studies, Bradford Luckingham presents an urban biography of a thriving city that for more than a century has been an oasis of civilization in the desert Southwest. First homesteaded by pioneers bent on seeing a new agricultural empire rise phoenix-like from ancient Hohokam Indian irrigation ditches and farming settlements, Phoenix became an agricultural oasis in the desert during the late 1800s. With the coming of the railroads and the transfer of the territorial capital to Phoenix, local boosters were already proclaiming it the new commercial center of Arizona. As the city also came to be recognized as a health and tourist mecca, thanks to its favorable climate, the concept of "the good life" became the centerpiece of the city's promotional efforts. Luckingham follows these trends through rapid expansion, the Depression, and the postwar boom years, and shows how economic growth and quality of life have come into conflict in recent times.
General Plan, Peripheral Areas C and D
Author: Phoenix (Ariz.). Planning DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Guide to Land Use and Public Transportation for Snohomish County, Washington
Author: Snohomish County Transportation AuthorityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description