Transparent Urban Development: Building Sustainability Amid Speculation in Phoenix
Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Theories of Urban Growth, Sustainability, and Transparent Development -- Sustainable Development and the Growth Paradigm -- Steady-State Economics and Dematerialization -- Three Dimensions of Growth -- Regional Frameworks for Sustainable Development -- Regional Economic Development -- Bioregional Development -- Local Economies -- Transparency in Sustainable Urban Development -- Critical Theory Perspectives on Urban Land Development -- Exchange Value Versus Use Value -- Property Speculation -- Critical Theory and Sustainable Urban Development -- The Producer-Consumer Relationship -- The Person-Place Relationship -- References -- Chapter 2: The Speculative Growth Paradigm in the History of Phoenix -- Boosterism -- Non-local Capital Investment -- Property Speculation and Fraud -- Growth-Predicated Public Policy -- Generative Development and the Future of Phoenix's Growth Culture -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: A History of Property Development and Ownership in Downtown Phoenix -- Urban Decline and Automobile-Based Redevelopment Efforts -- Neobohemian Strategies of Urban Development -- Site-Specific Government Infill Development Initiatives -- Private Infill Development Market and Government Influence -- Vacant Land and Local Property Ownership in Downtown Phoenix, 1992-2012 -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: The Political Economy of Land Speculation in Downtown Phoenix -- Urban Growth Regimes and Speculation -- Analyzing Land Speculation in Phoenix, 1992-2012 -- Structural Speculation in Downtown Phoenix -- The Effect of Land Speculation on Infill Development -- Speculative Business Cycles -- Leveraging Cracks in the Foundations of Urban Regimes -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Policy Approaches to Transparent Urban Development in Phoenix