Author: Montclair (N.J.). Town Planning BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Master Plan of the Town of Montclair, New Jersey ...
Author: Montclair (N.J.). Town Planning BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The New Suburbanites
Author: Robert W. LakePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351478419
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
National data indicates a surge in African-American suburbanization during the 1970s. What are the barriers that have slowed this process for so long? Is black entry to the suburbs synonymous with integration? To what extent does it contribute to convergence in the residential distributions of whites and blacks? This careful and thorough study marshals evidence that black suburbanization offers less than full realization of the American Dream.Homeownership in the United States is a source of security, a sign of status, a means of equity accumulation, and a bond to the community. The basic premise underlying The New Suburbanitesis the preeminence of equal access. Survey data collected for this analysis pertains to successful homebuyers - whites and blacks who were able to negotiate safely the treacherous housing market conditions.Specifically, Robert W. Lake draws from a unique survey of black and white homebuyers to assess the institutional and housing market barriers to black suburban homeownership. How does racial discrimination add to the cost, time, and difficulty of housing search for black homebuyers? What is the effect of discrimination on housing prices, resale value, and equity accumulation? What is behind the complexity of white and black attitudes to suburban racial integration? What is the perspective of the real estate agent, the key market intermediary? The book addresses each of these questions and concludes with a critique of present federal fair housing legislation and an assessment of policy implications.
Planning, Current Literature
Author: Index of Research Projects ...
Author: United States. Work Projects AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: City Politics and Planning
Author: Irving HorowitzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351528394
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This volume discusses some of the factors determining the political impact of the city planner on community decision-making. Rabinovitz bases her book on case studies of planning decisions in six New Jersey communities that were chosen for reputations of both effective and ineffective planning. She also uses a reanalysis of an attitude survey of U.S. planning directors, as well as a synthesis of previous studies. The materials are presented comparatively, thus enabling the reader to identify major themes in the broad and, until now, largely uncharted area of the interrelationship of politics and planning.The author first discusses the variables that influence the effectiveness of planning. She then develops a typology of community political systems in the six cities, based on such factors as power distribution, values, style, participation, conflict and cohesion, and potential for program output. The typology of urban political systems is matched by a typology of roles for the planner; this leads to a careful examination of the usefulness of different roles in different urban political situations. Other variables on which the success of particular roles depends--such as the ability to command resources for desired actions, the norms of the planning community, and the needs of the planner--are included. Finally, the author raises three important questions central to the planner's effectiveness: Can success spoil the planner? What does the planner contribute to decision-making? To what extent does political utility determine the planner's benefits or reverses?City Politics and Planning not only explores some crucial aspects of the city power structure but also shows the importance of who governs and, in addition, assesses the impact of community values on the types of policies that the community is likely to adopt. As such, this volume is invaluable to the students of city planning, local government, political science, and urban sociology; as well as, of course, to th
Catalogue
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
City Planning Progress in the United States, 1917
Author: American Institute of Architects. Committee on Town PlanningPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Journal of the American Institute of Architects
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Highways and Agricultural Engineering, Current Literature
Author: Pioneers of American Landscape Design II
Author: Charles A. BirnbaumPublisher: Department of Interior Na Ces Heritage Preservation
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description