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Boomtown Columbus

- Ohio's Sunbelt City and How Developers Got Their Way

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Columbus, Ohio, and its ample cloud cover may be on the eastern edge of the Midwest, but the city's unfettered suburbanization and rapid postwar expansion recall its Sunbelt peers. To understand why--and the social and economic stakes of this all-too-common model of urban growth--pioneering geographer Kevin R. Cox takes us through the postwar history of development in Columbus, a city that has often welcomed corporate influence at the expense of livability and equal opportunity for its residents.

How have development interests become entwined with government? How has a policy of annexation reformed the city's map? Why have airline service and major league prestige lagged behind its status as a regional center? And what, if anything, makes this city with a reputation for being average stand apart? In Boomtown Columbus, Cox applies both scholarly expertise and his personal experience as a long-time resident of the city to look at the real-life costs of policy. The resulting narrative will fascinate not only locals but anyone with a stake in understanding American cities and a path toward urban livability for all.

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • Udgivelsesdato23-10-2013
  • ISBN139780814257920
  • Forlag Trillium
  • Nummer i serien429
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt362 g
  • Dybde2 cm
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    15,2 cm
    22,8 cm

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