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Title Making cities work : prospects and policies for urban America / edited by Robert P. Inman.

Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  307.76 M289 2009    ---  Available
Description xvii, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents 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.
Subject Cities and towns -- United States.
Urbanization -- United States.
Urban economics -- United States.
Sociology, Urban -- United States.
City and town life -- United States.
Urban policy -- United States.
Added Author Inman, Robert P.
ISBN 9780691131054 pbk. (alk. paper)
9780691131047 (alk. paper)
069113104X (alk. paper)
0691131058 (alk. paper)

 
    
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