| 期刊全称 | A Comparative Political Ecology of Exurbia | | 期刊简称 | Planning, Environmen | | 影响因子2023 | Laura E. Taylor,Patrick T. Hurley | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | This book is about planning, conservation, and land development issues in exurbia-areas of high natural amenity under pressure from real estate development. It is geared towards a senior undergraduate | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | This book is about politics and planning outside of cities, where urban political economy and planning theories do not account for the resilience of places that are no longer rural and where local communities work hard to keep from ever becoming urban. By examining exurbia as a type of place that is no longer simply rural or only tied to the economies of global resources (e.g., mining, forestry, and agriculture), we explore how changing landscapes are planned and designed not to be urban, that is, to look, function, and feel different from cities and suburbs in spite of new home development and real estate speculation. The book’s authors contend that exurbia is defined by the persistence of rural economies, the conservation of rural character, and protection of natural ecological systems, all of which are critical components of the contentious local politics that seek to limit growth..Comparative political ecology is used as an organizing concept throughout the book to describe the nature of exurban areas in the U.S. and Australia, although exurbs are common to many countries. The essays each describe distinctive case studies, with each chapter using the key concepts of competing r | | Pindex | Book 2016 |
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