Contractual communities in the self-organising city

Description:

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 com.

subjects: Municipal government,  Common interest ownership communities,  Community power,  Human geography,  Geography,  Regional planning,  Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning,  Political Science, general