THE POLITICS OF URBAN GROWTH: BOOSTERISM AND NIMBYISM IN EUROPEAN BOOM REGIONS

BARLOW, JAMES

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, n.º 1/1995, pág. 129

1. Introduction. 2. Government, participation and urban planning in three countries: Britain, France and Sweden. a) Political structures. 3. "Boosterism" and "nimbyism" in four boom regions. a) Formal participation in the planning process. b) Informal intervention in plan formulation. c) Intervention through the legal process. 4. Conclusions.