The shape of the new American city / special editors of this volume, Eugénie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter ; Phyllis Kaniss, executive editor.
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- ISBN: 9781412981927 (paper)
- ISBN: 1412981921 (paper)
- ISBN: 9781412981934 (cloth)
- ISBN: 141298193X (cloth)
- Physical Description: 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
General Note: | "November 2009." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : the shape of the new American city / Eugénie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter -- Part 1: Cities in the U.S. Economy : Competitiveness, Dependence, and Employment -- A nation of cities : the federal government and the shape of the American metropolis / Kenneth T. Jackson -- Crime and U.S. cities : recent patterns and implications / Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O'Regan -- How should suburbs help their central cities? : growth- and welfare-enhancing intrametropolitan fiscal distributions / Andrew F. Haughwout and Robert P. Inman -- Cities today : a new frontier for major developments / Saskia Sassen -- Part 2: Urban Demographics : Immigration, Housing, and Services -- The changing bases of segregation in the United States / Douglas S. Massey, Jonathan Rothwell and Thurston Domina -- Demographic forces and turning points in the American city, 1950-2040 / Dowell Myers and John Pitkin -- Urban growth and housing affordability : the conflict / Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter -- Part 3: The Metropolitan Footprint : Sprawl and Reurbanization -- Downtown in the "new American city" / Eugénie L. Birch -- The changing shape of metropolitan America / John Landis -- The new urbanity : the rise of a new America / Arthur C. Nelson -- Part 4: Public Investment in American Cities : Infrastructure, Services, and Delivery -- Transport infrastructure and global competitiveness : balancing mobility and livability / Robert Cervero -- Making infrastructure competitive in an urban world / Rae Zimmerman. |
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Subject: | Cities and towns > United States > Growth. Metropolitan areas > United States. Urban policy > United States. City planning > United States. United States > Population. |
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