Book Reviews: Revitalizing America's Cities; Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant Siting; Getting to Yes

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  • Harrison, Ted
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Shaw, Carol
    • Other Affiliation: Fiscal Research Assistant, North Carolina General Assembly
  • Leyden, Kathleen
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
    • Other Affiliation: Fiscal Research Assistant, North Carolina General Assembly
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  • Book reviews of the following: REVITALIZING AMERICA'S CITIES: Revitalizing America's Cities, by Michael Schill and Richard Nathan, is a socioloqical study which attempts to identify and assess the measureable costs and benefits of urban neighborhood revitalization. The study provides an analysis of the reinvestment and redevelopment process within various neighborhoods of Boston, Cinncinnati, Denver, Richmond, and Seattle. Neighborhoods within these cities were selected on the basis of perceived changes in real estate sales, property values and demographic trends. The primary data for the analysis included census material, survey research findings and statements from local public officials. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL PLANT SITING: In late 1969, Kelly Springfield Tire Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear, began searching for a site on which to build a new factory. The company chose Fayetteville, North Carolina, and thirteen months later produced its first tire. Just six years later, in 1975, Standard Oil of Ohio (SOHIO) announced plans to build a major crude oil terminal and pipeline at the port of Long Beach, California. Before the project could be started, it needed 60 environmental permits, and over three years later, SOHIO scrapped the terminal, citing environmental regulation as the problem. Clearly, the rules for siting industrial facilities had changed drastically by the mid-seventies, when serious environmental problems throughout the country caused all levels of government to enact many new environmental regulations. Corporate planners could no longer choose industrial sites by doing market analyses; they had to depend on qualifying for a series of environmental permits. Changing the rules of the industrial siting game has caused industry to claim that environmental regulations are blocking much needed economic growth. In Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant Siting , Christopher J. Duerksen explains these concerns of industry by considering what he calls the myths of the impact of environmental regulation. GETTING TO YES: Getting to Yes by Fisher and Ury, is a practical guide to successful negotiation techniques and strategies. The book's concise and highly readable format have contributed to its best-seller status. The authors direct the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard University.
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  • Carolina Planning Journal
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  • 10
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  • 1
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  • 40
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  • 42
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  • English
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  • Carolina Planning Journal

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