A Comparative Political Ecology of Exurbia: Planning, Environmental Management, and Landscape Change

by Laura Taylor

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319805789
• ISBN13: 9783319805788
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"