Boomtown Columbus: Ohio's Sunbelt City and How Developers Got Their Way (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814257920)

Columbus, Ohio, and its ample cloud cover may be on the eastern edge of the Midwest, but the city's unfettered suburbanization and rapid postwar expansion recall its Sunbelt peers. To understand why--and the social and economic stakes of this all-too-common model of urban growth--pioneering geographer Kevin R. Cox takes us through the postwar history of development in Columbus, a city that has often welcomed corporate influence at the expense of livability and equal opportunity for its residents.
How have development interests become entwined with government? How has a policy of annexation reformed the city's map? Why have airline service and major league prestige lagged behind its status as a regional center? And what, if anything, makes this city with a reputation for being average stand apart? In Boomtown Columbus, Cox applies both scholarly expertise and his personal experience as a long-time resident of the city to look at the real-life costs of policy. The resulting narrative will fascinate not only locals but anyone with a stake in understanding American cities and a path toward urban livability for all.


Author: Kevin R. Cox
ISBN-10: 0814257925
ISBN-13: 9780814257920
Publisher: Trillium
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2021
Pages: 274
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d