| Description |
1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; "Eds and Meds" and Metropolitan Economic Development; Low-Income Homeownership as an Asset-Building Tool: What Can We Tell Policymakers?; Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Their Effects on Local Finances and Urban Areas; Preschool Education and Human Capital Development in Central Cities; Can Economically Integrated Neighborhoods Improve Children's Educational Outcomes?; Spatial Development and Energy Consumption; Index |
| Summary |
The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy. What do we know about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, or experiments on key social and economic problems facing cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas? What can we say about what works, what doesn't, and why? And what does this knowledge and experience imply for future policy questions?The authors take a fresh look at several different issues (e.g., economic development, education, lan |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social sciences.
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social sciences.
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Social sciences.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Turner, Margery Austin
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Wolman, Harold
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| ISBN |
9780815701583 |
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0815701586 |
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