| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: the claim -- How it happens -- Becoming market and people cities -- How government and leaders make cities work -- What residents think, believe, and act on -- Why it matters -- Getting there, being there: transportation and land use -- Environment/economy : and or versus? -- Life together and apart -- Across cities -- To be or not to be -- Acknowledgments -- Methodological appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors |
| Summary |
How are modern cities changing, and what implications do those changes have for city inhabitants? What kinds of cities do people want to live in, and what cities do people want to create in the future? Michael Oluf Emerson and Kevin T. Smiley argue that western cities have diverged into two specific and different types: market cities and people cities. Market cities are focused on wealth, jobs, individualism and economic opportunities. People cities are more egalitarian, with government investment in infrastructure and an active civil society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2018) |
| Subject |
City planning -- Environmental aspects
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Urban economics -- Environmental aspects
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Community development, Urban.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects
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Community development, Urban
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smiley, Kevin T., author.
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| ISBN |
9781479882922 |
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1479882925 |
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9781479833115 |
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1479833118 |
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