The Quiet Evolution: Power, Planning, and Profits in New York State

'œA valuable contribution to an emerging radical critique of liberal environmentalism. . . . [In] Keep Out: The Struggle for Land Use Control, Heiman opposes the reformist claim that lifting control of land use to regional or state levels can fairly accommodate competing demands for the use of land. For him, this belief overlooks contradictions between consumption and production, which are immune to evenhanded administrative control. With New York State as his laboratory, Heiman carefully shows how institutions such as the Regional Plan Association of New York, the Port Authority, and the Adirondack Park Agency reflect capitalist backing for private and public regional planning and create resistance movements among local consumer and producer interests. . . . [The] theoretical and empirical analysis here demand attention, and this book belongs in graduate collections in planning and environmental studies.'' ChoiceMichael K Heiman is the author of 'The Quiet Evolution: Power, Planning, and Profits in New York State', published 1988 under ISBN 9780275924768 and ISBN 0275924769.