Date of Award

1-1-2011

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Sociology

Content Description

1 online resource (xi, 397 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Paul T Knudson

Committee Members

Angie Chung, Richard Lachmann, Gene Bunnell

Keywords

environmental conservation, historic preservation, local coalition building, metropolitan inequality, regionalism, Local government, Intergovernmental cooperation, Regionalism

Subject Categories

Public Policy | Sociology | Urban Studies and Planning

Abstract

Development in the urban and metropolitan context continues to be a vibrant area of scholarship and debate in the social sciences. This study continues and augments this research by examining two overarching issues: first, how development at the local level is impacted by fragmented political structures and inter-municipal relations, and second, the extent to which local, non-profit organizations and state agencies whose policies involve land-use planning and environmental conservation, are addressing issues of uneven- and parochial-centered development as a by-product of political fragmentation.

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