An ordinary city : planning for growth and decline in New Bedford, Massachusetts /

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Main Authors: Hollander, Justin B
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham, Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Item Description: "This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: xii, 234 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index.
ISBN: 9783319607047 (hardcover) :
3319607049 (hardcover)
9783319607054 (eBook)
3319607057 (eBook)
Index Number: HT168
CLC: F299.712
TU984.712
Call Number: TU984.712/H737
Contents: Planning for growth and decline in America: a concise history -- Theories of smart shrinkage and smart growth -- How much change is too much: a look at the numbers -- The legacy of change: depopulation and growth's impact on New Bedford today -- After the hurricane: government responses to employment and population decline, 1929-1975 -- Coming to terms with change: contemporary policy responses -- Urban absorption.