Brings to mind Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place and their idea of the "Growth Machine", from my public policy and planning classes in college:

https://books.google.com/books?id=XtIMclQwMY4C&printsec=fron...

https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Fortunes-Political-Economy-Plac...

Would recommend to anyone remotely interested in the growth, creation, and destruction of cities.