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Main Title Contractual Communities in the Self-Organising City Freedom, Creativity, Subsidiarity / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Brunetta, Grazia.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Moroni, Stefano.
Publisher Springer Netherlands,
Year Published 2012
Call Number HT165.5-169.9
ISBN 9789400728592
Subjects Geography ; Regional planning ; Human Geography
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2859-2
Collation XVII, 88p. online resource.
Notes Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes Introduction: Contractual Communities in the Self-organising City -- part one: Characteristics and Functions of Contractual Communities: 1: Types of Contractual Community -- 2: Differences and Simularities between Contractual Communities, and Reasons for their Success -- Part Two: The Role of Contractual Communities: 3: Positive Aspects and Limits of Contractual Communities -- 4: The Space of Contractual Communities and the Re-design of the State's Role -- Part Three: Precursors to the idea of Contractual Communities: 5: The Proposal of Ebenezer Howard -- 6: The Proposal of Spencer Heath -- Appendix: Data and Figures -- References. Both "land-use regulation" and "territorial collective services" have traditionally been accomplished in cities through coercive efforts of public administrations. Recently, land-use regulation and collective service provision regimes have emerged within "contractual communities:" territory-based organisations (usually, but not exclusively residential) such as homeowners' associations. This book examines the problems and opportunities of contractual communities, avoiding both the alarmism and unwarranted apologies found in much of the literature on contractual communities. The central notion is that cases in which coercive action by a public agency was deemed indispensable have been unjustly overstated, while the potential benefits of voluntary self-organising processes have been seriously understated. The authors propose a revised notion of the state role that allows ample leeway for contractual communities of all forms.
Place Published Dordrecht
Corporate Au Added Ent SpringerLink (Online service)
Title Ser Add Ent SpringerBriefs in Geography
Host Item Entry Springer eBooks
PUB Date Free Form 2012
Series Title Untraced SpringerBriefs in Geography
BIB Level m
Medium computer
Content text
Carrier online resource
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20130726192930
Language eng
Origin SPRINGER
Type EBOOK
OCLC Rec Leader 03215nam a22004935i 45