Overview
- Based on a strong interdisciplinary approach, which makes use of insights from many disciplines
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Characteristics and Functions of Contractual Communities
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characteristics and functions of contractual communities
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The Role of Contractual Communities
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the role of contractual communities
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Precursors to the Idea of Contractual Communities
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precursors to the idea of contractual communities
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About this book
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 communities.
The central notion is that cases in which coercive action by a public agency was deemed indispensable have been unjustly overstated, while the potential benefits of voluntary self-organising processes have been seriously understated. The authors propose a revised notion of the state role that allows ample leeway for contractual communities of all forms.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contractual Communities in the Self-Organising City
Book Subtitle: Freedom, Creativity, Subsidiarity
Authors: Grazia Brunetta, Stefano Moroni
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2859-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2858-5Published: 05 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2859-2Published: 05 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-4165
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4173
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 88
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Human Geography, Political Science