An ordinary city : planning for growth and decline in New Bedford, Massachusetts /: planning for growth and decline in New Bedford, Massachusetts. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Justin B. Hollander.
• Authors: Hollander, Justin B
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Planning for Growth & Decline in America: A Concise History Chapter.-3. Theories of Smart Shrinkage & Smart Growth Chapter -- 4. How Much Change Is Too Much -- a Look at the Numbers -- 5. The Legacy of Change: Depopulation and Growth's Impact on New Bedford Today Chapter -- 6. After the Hurricane: Government Responses to Employment and Population Change, 1929-1975 Chapter -- 7. Coming to Terms with Change: Contemporary Policy Responses -- 8. Urban Absorption Chapter -- 9. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (XII, 234 pages), 31 illustrations, 19 illustrations in color
• Subjects: 307.760974485; City planning -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford; City planning -- Growth; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Social sciences; Sociology, Urban; Urban economics; Urban geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319607054; 3319607057
• Related ISBNs: 9783319607047; 3319607049
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.