The Community Builders
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2023
218 pages
978-0-520-34242-2 (ISBN)
Description
Examines methods of new town developers in land acquisition, financing, taxation, relationships with governmental authorities, etc. with extensive reference to planned communities in California.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.
Examines methods of new town developers in land acquisition, financing, taxation, relationships with governmental authorities, etc. with extensive reference to planned communities in California.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived p
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.
Examines methods of new town developers in land acquisition, financing, taxation, relationships with governmental authorities, etc. with extensive reference to planned communities in California.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived p
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Edward P. Eichler | Marshall Kaplan
The Community Builders
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02/1967
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University of California Press
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Persons
Edward P. Eichler's real estate career included senior positions with several firms, including the presidency of Levitt Corp., and of his own company, Eichler Corp., which pioneered an innovative approach to lending money to existing apartment complexes. He served as chairman of the California Governor's Commission on Housing and director of the New Communities project at the University of California, Berkeley. A strong interest in the academic world led to visiting professorships at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State College and Columbia University.
Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- 1. Planning and the Critique of Urban Development
- 2. From Frontier to Megalopolis
- 3. Breaking Ground for the New Communities
- 4. The New Breed
- 5. Political Relations
- 6. The Market
- 7. Community Building as a Market and Political Strategy
- 8. Taxation
- 9. Community Building as a Business
- 10. New Communities and Public Policy
- Appendixes
- I. New Community Developments, 1964
- II. A Note on the Economics of Community Building
