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the changing politics of urban public investment

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An edition of Mega-projects (2003)

Mega-projects

the changing politics of urban public investment

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"In Mega-Projects Alan Altshuler and David Luberoff analyze the unprecedented wave of large-scale (mega- ) public investments that occurred in American cities during the 1950s and 1960s; the social upheavals they triggered, which derailed large numbers of projects during the late 1960s and early 1970s; and the political impulses that have shaped a new generation of urban mega-projects in the decades since. They also appraise the most important consequences of policy shifts over this half-century and draw out common themes from the rich variety of programmatic and project developments that they chronicle." "In comparing their findings with leading theories of urban and American politics, Altshuler and Luberoff arrive at some surprising findings about which perform best and also reveal some important gaps in the literature as a whole. In a concluding chapter, they examine the potential effects of new fiscal pressures, business mobilization to relax environmental constraints, and security concerns in the wake of September 11. And they make clear their own views about how best to achieve a balance between developmental, environmental, and democratic values in public investment decisionmaking."--Jacket.

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English
Pages
339

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Mega-projects: the changing politics of urban public investment
2003, Brookings Institution Press, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index.

Published in
Washington, D.C, Cambridge, Mass
Genre
Case studies.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
307.1/416/0973
Library of Congress
HN90.C6 A668 2003, HN90.C6A668 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 339 p. :
Number of pages
339

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3577051M
Internet Archive
megaprojectschan0000alts
ISBN 10
0815701284, 0815701292
LCCN
2002152773
OCLC/WorldCat
50782644
Library Thing
346545
Goodreads
4468437
927110

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