| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 378 pages) : illustrations |
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Cities and contemporary society |
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Cities and contemporary society.
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| Contents |
Exploring the structure of regional governance in the United States / David Y. Miller -- Central city policy issues in a regional context / Nelson Wikstrom -- Metropolitan forms, fiscal efficiency, and other bottom lines / Patricia S. Atkins -- Developing regional capacity to plan land use and infrastructure / Allan Wallis -- Race and regions / James H. Lewis -- Affordable housing policies in metropolitan areas / David K. Hamilton -- Housing policy is school policy / David Rusk -- Poverty and urban regions / James H. Lewis and David K. Hamilton -- Are we still stuck in traffic? transportation in metropolitan areas / David K. Hamilton, Laurie Hokkanen, and Curtis Wood -- Economic development in metropolitan areas / Beverly A. Cigler -- Regional environmental policy / David K. Hamilton and Christopher Stream -- Epilogue: Toward metropolitan livability for the twenty-first century / Patricia S. Atkins |
| Summary |
In today's public policy arena the regional level is gaining increased attention as problems in policy and service delivery continue to spill over traditional urban government boundaries. This authoritative work focuses on the growing role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems.""Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability"" provides a concise, up-to-date, and systematic treatment of the problems and issues involved in urban and regional policy concerns. Each policy chapter is written by a respected expert in the area, and the book covers all the key polic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Metropolitan areas -- United States.
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Regional planning -- United States
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Urban policy -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Metropolitan areas
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Regional planning
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Urban policy
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Regionalplanung
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Metropole
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Metropolitan areas -- United States.
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Regional planning -- United States.
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Urban policy -- United States.
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hamilton, David K
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Atkins, Patricia Sue
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| LC no. |
2007028050 |
| ISBN |
9781317452843 |
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1317452844 |
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0765617692 |
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9780765617699 |
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