Eugene P. Moehring

Bio: Eugene P. Moehring is an academic researcher from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urbanism & Centennial. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 13 publications receiving 130 citations.

Resort city in the Sunbelt : Las Vegas, 1930-1970

Abstract: This is an account of Las Vegas, from the building of the Hoover Dam to the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel. It traces the city's development, focusing on issues common to sunbelt cities across the United States, such as underfunded social services and a mania for low taxes.

Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-1970@@@Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century

Abstract: This is an account of Las Vegas, from the building of the Hoover Dam to the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel. It traces the city's development, focusing on issues common to sunbelt cities across the United States, such as underfunded social services and a mania for low taxes.

Studying Obduracy in the City: Toward a Productive Fusion between Technology Studies and Urban Studies

Abstract: This article draws the city into the limelight of social studies of technology. Considering that cities consist of a wide range of technologies, it is remarkable that cities as an object of research have so far have been relatively neglected in the field of technology studies. This article focuses on the role of obduracy in urban sociotechnical change, an issue that, it is argued, has considerable importance for both students of the cities and the daily practice of town planners and architects, and, at the same time, forms an important theoretical debate in science, technology, and society (STS) studies. The article provides an overview of theoretical conceptions of obduracy in both technology studies and urban studies and proposes a heuristic model for the analysis of this phenomenon. In this way, this article aims to contribute to the establishment of a common interdisciplinary playground for these disciplines.

Public/Private Development

Abstract: Public/private partnerships have become a favored strategy for implementing complex urban developments in the United States and Western Europe, but the large volume of literature on the topic falls short of providing city planners, development experts, and policy analysts the knowledge needed for either teaching or practice. In the late 1970s, the blurring of lines between public and private action spurred significant intellectual debate in the U.S. literature, and concern that those financing and carrying out public/ private projects had too much influence compared to those who would ultimately pay for or be affected by the projects. As a consequence, the early literature on public/private development projects in the United States did little to enlighten. This has been changing, however, and academic literature from abroad has used inventive means to analyze public/private developments and generalize about their impacts and significance. I synthesize the case-based research on public/private dev...

At the Intersection of Histories: Technology and the Environment

Abstract: L'A. demontre comment les progres et les choix technologiques sont, depuis 1940, tres largement responsables de l'importance des problemes de pollution de l'environnement