Author: University of Iowa. Institute of Public Affairs
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 116
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Publisher:
Published: 1910
Total Pages: 92
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Publisher:
Published: 1905
Total Pages: 806
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James A. Throgmorton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-03-23
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1000544222
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 2016 election in Iowa City would provide an opportunity that planning faculty have long desired: the opportunity for one of their own to serve as mayor. In this new book, former Iowa City Mayor and Professor Emeritus James A. Throgmorton provides readers a sense of what democratically-elected city council members and mayors in the United States do and what it feels like to occupy and enact those roles. He does so by telling a set of “practice stories” focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on what he, a retired planning professor at the University of Iowa, experienced and learned as a council member from 2012 through 2019 and, simultaneously, as mayor from 2016 through 2019. The book proposes a practical, action-oriented theory about how city futures are being (and can be) shaped, showing that storytelling of various kinds plays a very important but poorly understood role in the co-crafting process, and demonstrating that skillful use of ethically-sound persuasive storytelling (especially by mayors) can improve our collective capacity to create better places. The book documents efforts to alleviate race-related inequities, increase the supply of affordable housing, adopt an ambitious climate action plan, improve relationships between city government and diverse marginalized communities, pursue more inclusive and sustainable land development codes/policies, and more. It will be of great interest to urban planning faculty and students and elected officials looking to collaboratively craft better cities for the future.
Author: University of Iowa. Institute of Public Affairs
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Deals with the powers and duties of the chief municipal administrative officer in Iowa cities that operate under the mayor-council form of government.
Author: Burlington (Iowa) City Council
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Published: 1915-05
Total Pages: 100
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