New geographies of the American West : land use and the changing patterns of place / / William R. Travis.
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| Superior document: | Orton innovation in place series |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Orton innovation in place series.
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| Physical Description: | xi, 291 p., [8] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). |
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Table of 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.