Land Use and Society in America
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by Deke Keasbey


Introduction

Land tenure – A historical overview

Land in America

Considerations in growth management

Demand for living space

Life cycles in residential communities

Urban land

Santa Monica – A case study in growth and rent control

In conclusion

For further reading

 

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For Further Reading

Books Related to Land, Society, and History

Alonso, William, 1964, "Location and Land Use," Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Carr, James, 1983, "Land Use of the 1980s," Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Clark, Colin, 1977, "Population Growth and Land Use," Macmillan Press, New York
Clawson, Marion, 1963, "Man and Land in the United States," University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska
Clawson, Marion, 1972, "America's Land and Its Uses," The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland
Fellmeth, Robert, 1973, "Politics of Land," Grossman Publishers, New York
Freilich, Robert, 1977, "Courts: The Ultimate Arbiters in Land Use Disputes," "Land Use: Tough Choices in Today's World," Soil Conservation Society of America, Iowa
Harris, William, and Judith Levey, 1975, "The New Columbia Encyclopedia," Columbia University Press, New York
Harvey, D.W., 1973, "Social Justice and the City," Edward Arnold, London
McClellan, Grant, 1971, "Land Use in the United States," The H.W. Wilson Company, New York
McCurry, Leta, 1990, "Commercial Real Estate," Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Olsen, Edger, and W. Block, 1981, "Rent Control Myths & Realities," The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Pittman, Nancy, 1988, "From the Land," Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Pringle, Laurence, 1981, "What Shall We Do with the Land?" Thomas Crowell, New York
Reilly, William, 1973, "The Use of Land," Thomas Crowell, New York
Rhind, David, Ray Hudson, 1980, "Land Use," Methuen & Company, New York
Robbins, Roy, 1976, "Our Landed Heritage," University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska
Toynbee, Arnold J., 1946, "A Study of History," Oxford University Press, Dell Publishing, New York
U.S. Government, 1987, "Our American Land," U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Wolf, Peter, 1981, "Land in America - Its Value, Use & Control," Pantheon Books, New York

Books Related to Anthropology and Sociology

Berger, Peter, & T. Luckmann, 1989, "The Social Construction of Reality," Anchor Books, New York
Bohannan, Paul, Mark Glazer, 1988, "High Points in Anthropology," Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York
Goffman, Erving, "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life," Doubleday Anchor Books, New York
Langness, L.L., 1987, "The Study of Culture," Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Novato, California
Stocking, George W., 1983, "Observers Observed: Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork," University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconson

Journal and Professional Articles

Bouvier, Leon, April 1980, "America's Baby Boom Generation: The Fateful Bulge," Population Bulletin
Brogdon, Nicole, February 1984, "How Widespread Home Ownership Strengthens Democracy," Real Estate Today, National Association of Realtors
Collea, Cynthia, March 1989, "Housing Production, Evolution, Social Relations," International Journal of Urban & Regional Research
Dowall, David, January 1989, "Land Policy in the United States," Land Use Policy
Downs, Anthony, November 1985, "Real Estate Development, Decentralization, Employment, Telecommunications, and Society"
Feagin, Joe, June 1987, "The Secondary Circuit of Capital: Office Construction in Houston," International Journal of Urban & Regional Research
Frey, William, July 1990, "Metropolitan America: Beyond the Transition," Population Bulletin
Frieden, Bernard, 1983, "The Exclusionary Effect of Growth Controls," Annals of the American Academy of Politics and Social Services
Goodstein, E., 1989, "Land ownership, Development and Poverty," Journal of Developing Areas
Healy, Alig, August 1987, "Urban and Built-Up Land Area Changes in the United States: Empirical Investigation of Determinants," Land Economics
"Investment Vision," September/October 1990, Fidelity Publishing, Boston
Kressa, Kent, First Quarter 1991, "Aerospace: The Tug-of-War We Can't Afford to Lose," Pro Forma, Los Angeles County Community Development Commission
Miner, Dallas, 1977, "Perspectives in Growth Management," Soil Conservation Society of America, Ankeny, Iowa
Peiser, Richard, August 1989, "Density and Urban Sprawl," Land Economics
Plotkin, Sidney, September 1987, "Property, Policy, and Politics: Towards a Theory of Urban Land-Use Conflict," International Journal of Urban & Regional Research
Steiner, Rodney, 1982, "Large Private Landholdings in California," Geographical Review
Smith, Lance de Haven, March 1988, "Environment Belief Systems: Public Opinion on Land Use Regulation," Environment & Behavior
Sternlieb, George, Jan. 1988, "Demographics and Housing in America," Population Bulletin
Works, M., 1987, "19th Century Land Law & Current Landownership Patterns," Geographical Review

Magazines and Newspapers

Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1990, "Growth plans in LA," B7, col. 2.
Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1990, "The bloom is off commercial real estate in LA," A1, col. 2.
Los Angeles Times, July 10, 1990, "Poll ranks L.A. the number one place for apartment investing," D1, col 2.
Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1990, "Real estate development along Lincoln Blvd. in LA," M6, col. 1.
Los Angeles Times, Febuary 3, 1989, "Downtown neighborhoods awakening to big plans," sec. I, pg. 1, col. 1.
Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1989, "Neighborhoods: In LA its all in a name," sec. 1, pg. 1, col. 1.
Los Angeles Times, November 6, 1989, "Warning, danger below: Environmental consultants are popping up to help developers sniff out hazardous wastes on sites before they buy and build." D5, col. 1.
Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1988, "Turning sprawl into urban villages," sec. II, pg. 8, col. 1.
Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1988, "What? Yet another showplace? Building boom of world trade centers in Southern California," sec. IV, pg. 5.
Los Angeles Times, November 28, 1988, "Advocates of poor assail plan to revamp downtown. LA's crisis in rental housing," sec. I, pg. 1.
New York Times, October 26, 1988, "Seeing the future and wanting no part of it. We have become all that we abhor: urban, grimy, & gridlock," pg. 22, C10, col. 3.
Wall Street Journal, May 8, 1990, "Can anything stop LA? Slow growth hasn't taken effect in Southern California." A24, col. 3.
Wall Street Journal, July 10, 1990, "Poor baby boomers: They're real stuck with real estate: attitudes on mobility and change - Investment of the 80s becomes home of the 90s," A1, col 4.

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