Urban Growth Management and Its Discontents

Chapter 1. Introduction

1. Introduction
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Part I. History and Theory

2. Pro-Growth, Anti-Growth, Smart Growth: Urban Growth Management for a “Usable Future”
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3. The Territorialities of the Smart Growth Paradigm: A Theoretical Framework
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Part II. Goals and Tools

4. Spatial Promises: Smart Goals for “Improved” Urban Growth Management
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5. Spatial Practices: Tools and Techniques in the Geopolitics of Urban Growth Management
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Part III. Case Studies

6. The Portland City-Region: Excavating the “Geopolitics of Success”
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7. The Seattle-Tacoma City-Region: Rescaling the Spaces of Fragmented Places
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8. Greater Baltimore: Hope through Smart Growth and the Geopolitics of Retreat
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9. Madison-Dane County: Regionalizing the Progressive Tradition?
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10. Conclusions: After the “Next Step”
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Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Politics, Political Science, International Relations