New geographies of the American West [electronic resource] : land use and the changing patterns of place / William R. Travis.

By: Travis, William R. (William Riebsame), 1953-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Orton innovation in place seriesPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2007Description: xi, 291 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)Subject(s): Urbanization -- West (U.S.) | Amenity migration -- West (U.S.) | Land use -- West (U.S.) | Land use -- West (U.S.) -- Planning | Regional planning -- West (U.S.) | Human geography -- West (U.S.)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 307.760978 LOC classification: HT384.U52 | W48 2007Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-281) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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