Building Rules: How Local Controls Shape Community Environments and Economies

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments 1. The Relevance of Regulation Environmentalism as Local Urge The Critique: Stranglers of the Economy Economy Versus the Environment: Some Past Findings Local Regulation and Urban Theory Assessing Regulation Plan of the Book 2. Sites Learning from Southern California Selecting Study Sites Identifying Growth Controls Santa Barbara South Coast Santa Monica The Riverside Area Growth Controls in Place: A Summary 3. Has Growth Been Stopped? Not Much First Findings: Rates of Growth Testing the Power of Growth Restrictions An Alternative Testing Strategy 4. Power to Build: How Cities Grow Under Growth Control Growth Through Symbolic Growth Control Growth Through Episodic Growth Control Growth Through Countervailing Policies Growth Through Developer Initiatives The Context of Control: Comparative Power Advantages The Ways of Growth 5. Project Peddling: What Gets Approved and How Peddling Around with Our Projects What Gets Approved and How Project Environmental Reviews Local Knowledge Base for Planning Decisions Resisting Growth: A Matter of Degree 6. Indirect Effects: How Building Rules Make Growth Different Traffic Natural Limits Affordable Housing Social Equity Urban Spatial Form Project Aesthetics Exactions on the Ground: A Tally Between Places 7. Building the Rules Enhancing the Quality of Public Decisions Regulation as Economic Boon Grounding Sustainability Who Wins What? Making Markets Smarter Valuing Land and Community Balancing Commercial and Public Interests Taking Stock of Local Controls Appendix A : Measuring Growth Control Impacts Appendix B: Chronologies of Growth Control Appendix C: Commercial Valuation Data, 1970-1990 Appendix D: Residential Building Rates Appendix E: Case Study Details Appendix F: Interview Schedule Reference List