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Subject(s)

• Cities and towns—United States—Growth [Browse]
• Metropolitan areas—United States [Browse]
• Urban policy—United States [Browse]
• City planning—United States [Browse]
• United States—Population [Browse]

Related name

• American Academy of Political and Social Science [Browse]
• Birch, Eugenie Ladner [Browse]
• Wachter, Susan M. [Browse]

Series

• Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 626. [More in this series]
• Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 0002-7162 ; v. 626 [More in this series]

Notes

"November 2009."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Introduction : the shape of the new American city / Eugénie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
• Part 1: Cities in the U.S. Economy : Competitiveness, Dependence, and Employment
• A nation of cities : the federal government and the shape of the American metropolis / Kenneth T. Jackson
• Crime and U.S. cities : recent patterns and implications / Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O'Regan
• How should suburbs help their central cities? : growth- and welfare-enhancing intrametropolitan fiscal distributions / Andrew F. Haughwout and Robert P. Inman
• Cities today : a new frontier for major developments / Saskia Sassen
• Part 2: Urban Demographics : Immigration, Housing, and Services
• The changing bases of segregation in the United States / Douglas S. Massey, Jonathan Rothwell and Thurston Domina
• Demographic forces and turning points in the American city, 1950-2040 / Dowell Myers and John Pitkin
• Urban growth and housing affordability : the conflict / Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter
• Part 3: The Metropolitan Footprint : Sprawl and Reurbanization
• Downtown in the "new American city" / Eugénie L. Birch
• The changing shape of metropolitan America / John Landis
• The new urbanity : the rise of a new America / Arthur C. Nelson
• Part 4: Public Investment in American Cities : Infrastructure, Services, and Delivery
• Transport infrastructure and global competitiveness : balancing mobility and livability / Robert Cervero
• Making infrastructure competitive in an urban world / Rae Zimmerman.

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ISBN

• 9781412981927 ((paper))
• 1412981921 ((paper))
• 9781412981934 ((cloth))
• 141298193X ((cloth))

OCLC

457068841

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