Redefining urban and suburban America [[electronic resource] ] : evidence from Census 2000, volume two / / Alan Berube, Bruce Katz, and Robert E. Lang, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457901503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0-8157-1941-8; 1-280-81315-6; 9786610813155; 0-8157-9767-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Collana: James A. Johnson metro series
• Altri autori (Persone): BerubeAlan; KatzBruce; LangRobert <1959->
• Disciplina: 307.740973
• Soggetti: Metropolitan areas - United States; Suburbs - United States; City and town life - United States; Sociology, Urban - United States; Electronic books.; United States Population
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Volume 2.; Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Metropolitan magnets for international and domestic migrants / William H. Frey -- The rise of new immigrant gateways : historical flows, recent settlement trends / Audrey Singer -- The new Great Migration : Black Americans' return to the South, 1965-2000 / William H. Frey -- A decade of mixed blessings : urban and suburban poverty in Census 2000 / Alan Berube and William H. Frey -- Stunning progress, hidden problems : the dramatic decline of concentrated poverty in the 1990's / Paul A. Jargowsky -- The trajectory of poor neighborhoods in Southern California, 1970-2000 / Shannon McConville and Paul Ong -- The shape of the curve : household income distributions in U.S. cities, ; 1979-99 / Alan Berube and Thacher Tiffany -- Homeownership and younger households : progress among African Americans and Latinos / Dowell Myers and Gary Painter -- Rising affordability problems among homeowners / Patrick A. Simmons -- The sheltered homeless in metropolitan neighborhoods : evidence from the 1990 and 2000 censuses / Barrett A. Lee and Chad R. Farrell -- Patterns and trends in overcrowded housing : results from Census 2000 / Patrick A. Simmons.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Probes trends in migration, income and poverty, and housing in the nation's largest cities and metropolitan areas, using data from the long form of the 2000 census"--Provided by publisher.