URBAN-DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FAILURE, AND REGIME CHANGE IN A MANAGER-COUNCIL CITY - THE CASE OF ST-PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

Authors
RIGOS PN PAULSON D
Citation
Pn. Rigos et D. Paulson, URBAN-DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FAILURE, AND REGIME CHANGE IN A MANAGER-COUNCIL CITY - THE CASE OF ST-PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, Urban affairs review, 32(2), 1996, pp. 244-263
Citations number
67
Categorie Soggetti
Urban Studies
Journal title
Urban affairs review
ISSN journal
10780874 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
244 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
1078-0874(1996)32:2<244:UPFARC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
This study of St. Petersburg, Florida, shows that large-scale urban de velopment decisions are irreversible. A predevelopment regime used an aggressive city manager, a predevelopment council, and a mayor to purs ue risky development policies. Scandal, policy failure, and racial pol arization triggered a governmental structure change. Mounting debt for ced the adoption of caretaker, or maintenance, policies to minimize th e tax burden.