Book Description
This is a reprint of a 1987 book * It is to be hand scanned, so as not to destroy the text or cover, and returned to Beard Books. The book deals with the evolution of real estate development in the United States, focusing on the rise of planned communities common in the American suburbs since the 1940s.
Rise of the Community Builders: The American Real Estate Industry and Urban Land Planning ANNOTATION
Marc Weiss explains the important role of land planning and regulation in the creation of new residential neighborhoods from the 1890's to the 1940's.
SYNOPSIS
Land developers, site planners, and urban planners are the builders referred to in this work's title. The author explores the individual and organizational interactions of these groups as they lobbied for zoning laws, organized trade associations, and developed the community planning strategies that led to the residential suburbs of the modern United States. Case material is primarily drawn from California's experience. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
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