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New geographies of the American West : land use and the changing patterns of place / William R. Travis.
Van Pelt Library HT384.U52 W48 2007
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LIBRA HT384.U52 W48 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Travis, William R. (William Riebsame), 1953-
- Series:
- Orton innovation in place series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--West (U.S.).
- Urbanization.
- Amenity migration--West (U.S.).
- Amenity migration.
- Land use--West (U.S.).
- Land use.
- Land use--West (U.S.)--Planning.
- Regional planning--West (U.S.).
- Regional planning.
- Human geography--West (U.S.).
- Human geography.
- Planning.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Building a better mountain?
- The long boom of western development
- Development geographies of the new West
- Footprints of development
- The metro-zones : shining cities at the foot of the mountains
- Beyond the suburban frontier : the West's exurbs
- Resort geographies : building a better mountain?
- The gentrified range : new owners of the purple sage
- Understanding the challenge of land use planning
- Planning a new West : strategies for creating more desirable land use patterns.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781597260725
- 159726072X
- 9781597260718
- 1597260711
- OCLC:
- 74941194
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