- Hardcover: 395 pages
- Publisher: Solano Pr (May 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0923956220
- ISBN-13: 978-0923956226
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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"...A welcome addition to the growing literature of place...brings verve and lucidity to the politics of land use..." -- —James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere and Home from Nowhere
"A surprisingly lively case study of the battles and alliances of politics, business and people that formed—or deformed—a great American city." -- —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"William Fulton is the Raymond Chandler of Los Angeles real estate." -- —Kevin Starr, California State Librarian and author of Material Dreams: Los Angeles through the 1920s --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"A surprisingly lively case study of the battles and alliances of politics, business and people that formed—or deformed—a great American city." -- —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"William Fulton is the Raymond Chandler of Los Angeles real estate." -- —Kevin Starr, California State Librarian and author of Material Dreams: Los Angeles through the 1920s --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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In twelve engaging essays, William Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in a vast urban region on the brink of disaster. Looking at such diverse topics as shady real estate speculations, the construction of the Los Angeles subway, the battle over the future of South Central L.A. after the 1992 riots, and the emergence of Las Vegas as "the new Los Angeles," Fulton offers a fresh perspective on the city's epic sprawl. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship," the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis.
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If you define the Los Angeles megalopolis broadly enough, which most people are unwilling to do, I live at one end of it. Read the first page
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Fulton's Folly,
By Ventura Resident (Ventura, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles (Paperback)
Bill Fulton is often lionized by planning "professionals" and students for his writing in this book but the truth is that his foray into the application reality of his theory has Ventura on the ropes. Fulton is the architect of several local no-growth initiatives such as Save Our Agricultural Resources (SOAR) as well as spearheading a housing development-blocking effort a couple of years ago for Ventura hillsides. What has since happened as any college freshman taking Econ 101 would understand, is that the supply of housing has constricted as demand increased and resulted in the skyrocketing price of local housing. Fulton did nothing after pushing these no-growth initiatives to stoke the fires of development that is required to prevent this housing supply constipation.Fulton has now gotten himself elected to the Ventura City Council and it has become easy to see his political agenda that before has been hidden and masquerading as thoughtful intellect. This guy is no responsible academic or planning God but merely another no-growth advocate pushing a political agenda. Don't waste your time reading his stuff unless you have nothing else with which to stock your water closet area.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The joke in Los Angeles,
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This review is from: The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles (Paperback)
The joke in Los Angeles is 'I've never been to downtown Los Angeles'. This is book that tells all about the decentralization of LA. Unlike most cities in America, Los Angeles' decentralization is a product of the explained 'growth machine'. One of the most unique cities in America and possibly one of the most depressing. I would have given this book 5 stars but i award 5 stars to inspirational books. The politics of Los Angeles makes me want to curl into a ball and shove myself into a dark corner (no worries though, it's perpetually sunny here).
5.0 out of 5 stars
So that's how it really is...,
By Chuen Ng (San Luis Obispo/Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles (Paperback)
This book is a must read for anyone willing to expose themselves to the stories behind the stories of Los Angeles. The stories reveal the apathetic and self-centered nature of some Los Angeles citizens (who will never really admit they are from "Los Angeles"), and sets the stage for an entire change of mindset among Los Angelenos. This mindset is one that takes notice of the community, and the larger metropolis that communities make up. For a graduate city planning student as I, these stories help shape some basic values of mine regarding the nature of cities and communities. I strongly recommend this book.
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