Public Management

Public Management
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 650
Release: 1952
Genre: Interpersonal relations
ISBN:

Beginning with 1925 the March number of each year contains the annual proceedings of the International City Managers' Association.

Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix, 1860-2009

Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix, 1860-2009
Author: Philip VanderMeer
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2010-12-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826348939

Whether touted for its burgeoning economy, affordable housing, and pleasant living style, or criticized for being less like a city than a sprawling suburb, Phoenix, by all environmental logic, should not exist. Yet despite its extremely hot and dry climate and its remoteness, Phoenix has grown into a massive metropolitan area. This exhaustive study examines the history of how Phoenix came into being and how it has sustained itself, from its origins in the 1860s to its present status as the nation’s fifth largest city. From the beginning, Phoenix sought to grow, and although growth has remained central to the city’s history, its importance, meaning, and value have changed substantially over the years. The initial vision of Phoenix as an American Eden gave way to the Cold War Era vision of a High Tech Suburbia, which in turn gave way to rising concerns in the late twentieth century about the environmental, social, and political costs of growth. To understand how such unusual growth occurred in such an improbable location, Philip VanderMeer explores five major themes: the natural environment, urban infrastructure, economic development, social and cultural values, and public leadership. Through investigating Phoenix’s struggle to become a major American metropolis, his study also offers a unique view of what it means to be a desert city.

EES Series Report

EES Series Report
Author: University of Arizona. Engineering Experiment Station
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1963
Genre: Engineering
ISBN:

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages: 1506
Release: 1952
Genre: Copyright
ISBN:

Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals