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Land Lines, March 1996
Edited by Ann LeRoyer
March 1996, English
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
March 1996, English
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
In Search of New Life for Smaller Cities
Chris Kelley
March 1996, English
A proud outpost of America’s Industrial Revolution, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, survived the Great Flood of 1889, when a 40-mph wave swept the city into the Conemaugh River. Johnstown rebuilt itself into a dynamic city teeming with factories and steel mills. Yet what the flood couldn’t kill, a changing economy nearly has. In the space of a […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
March 1996, English
A proud outpost of America’s Industrial Revolution, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, survived the Great Flood of 1889, when a 40-mph wave swept the city into the Conemaugh River. Johnstown rebuilt itself into a dynamic city teeming with factories and steel mills. Yet what the flood couldn’t kill, a changing economy nearly has. In the space of a […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
Imagining Cityscapes
The Politics of Urban Development
Ann O'M. Bowman and Michael A. Pagano
March 1996, English
Imagine two communities in the Rocky Mountain region in the late 1860s. One is located along the transcontinental railroad, the other is 100 miles to the south. Which community would come to dominate the region by the turn of the century? Counterintuitively, the latter community did. There, aggressive entrepreneurs and community leaders orchestrated the completion […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Urbanization
March 1996, English
Imagine two communities in the Rocky Mountain region in the late 1860s. One is located along the transcontinental railroad, the other is 100 miles to the south. Which community would come to dominate the region by the turn of the century? Counterintuitively, the latter community did. There, aggressive entrepreneurs and community leaders orchestrated the completion […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Urbanization
Land Use in America
Past Experience and Future Goals
Ann LeRoyer
March 1996, English
In their new book, Land Use in America, copublished by the Lincoln Institute and Island Press, Henry L. Diamond and Patrick F. Noonan propose a 10-point agenda to help America’s communities accommodate future growth in more environmentally sound and fiscally responsible ways. Diamond is a partner in the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond in […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
March 1996, English
In their new book, Land Use in America, copublished by the Lincoln Institute and Island Press, Henry L. Diamond and Patrick F. Noonan propose a 10-point agenda to help America’s communities accommodate future growth in more environmentally sound and fiscally responsible ways. Diamond is a partner in the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond in […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
Smith’s Legacy
A Collegial Learning Community
March 1996, English
Dr. Ronald L. Smith is retiring as president of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy after nearly ten years. Since his arrival in August 1986, he has dedicated his efforts to strengthening the administrative operations of the Institute, expanding its teaching and publications programs, and refining its research agenda. In 1990-91 he oversaw the Institute’s […]
March 1996, English
Dr. Ronald L. Smith is retiring as president of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy after nearly ten years. Since his arrival in August 1986, he has dedicated his efforts to strengthening the administrative operations of the Institute, expanding its teaching and publications programs, and refining its research agenda. In 1990-91 he oversaw the Institute’s […]
Land Lines, January 1996
Edited by Ann LeRoyer
January 1996, English
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government, Urbanization
January 1996, English
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government, Urbanization
Ciudades-región
En búsqueda de puntos de coincidencia
Gary Hack, David Barkin, and Ann LeRoyer
January 1996, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 1 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El proceso de globalización de las inversiones, las nuevas tecnologías de comunicación y la generalizada movilidad corporativa y personal están provocando una verdadera transformación de las “ciudades-región” del […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government, Urbanization
January 1996, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 1 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El proceso de globalización de las inversiones, las nuevas tecnologías de comunicación y la generalizada movilidad corporativa y personal están provocando una verdadera transformación de las “ciudades-región” del […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government, Urbanization
Global City Regions
Searching for Common Ground
Gary Hack, David Barkin, and Ann LeRoyer
January 1996, English
Global investment, sophisticated communications, and widespread corporate and personal mobility are transforming city regions around the world. Those who focus on urban issues have been arguing for many years that we are seeing the emergence of a new kind of human settlement, with its own distinct social and economic structures and associated physical forms. The […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government, Urbanization
January 1996, English
Global investment, sophisticated communications, and widespread corporate and personal mobility are transforming city regions around the world. Those who focus on urban issues have been arguing for many years that we are seeing the emergence of a new kind of human settlement, with its own distinct social and economic structures and associated physical forms. The […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government, Urbanization
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