Making cities work : prospects and policies for urban America /

"Making Cities Work brings together leading writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transport...

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Библиографические подробности
Другие авторы: Inman, Robert P. (Редактор), Engebretson, Kathryn, 1957?-2005 (honouree.)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2009]
Online-ссылка:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7pf3n
Оглавление:
  • Introduction : city prospects, city policies / Robert P. Inman
  • Growth : the death and life of cities / Edward L. Glaeser
  • Transportation : urban transportation policy / Kenneth A. Small
  • Space : the design of the urban environment / Witold Rybczynski
  • Housing : urban housing markets / Joseph Gyourko
  • Immigration : how immigration affects U.S. cities / David Card
  • Race : the perplexing persistence of race / Jacob L. Vigdor
  • Poverty : poverty among inner-city children / Janet Currie
  • Education : educating urban children / Richard J. Murnane
  • Crime : crime in the city / Philip J. Cook
  • Finances : financing city services / Robert P. Inman.