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UNINA9910782544603321 |
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Titolo |
Restructuring the Philadelphia region [[electronic resource] ] : metropolitan divisions and inequality / / Carolyn Adams ... [et al.] ; with Joshua Freely and Michelle Schmitt |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-59213-898-5 |
1-281-97331-9 |
9786611973315 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Collana |
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Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sociology, Urban - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Metropolitan Area |
Equality - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Metropolitan Area |
Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) Social conditions |
Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) Economic conditions |
Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) Politics and government |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Expansion, decline, and geographies of inequality -- Employment opportunity -- Housing opportunity -- Educational opportunity -- The region's communities and the value proposition -- Who takes responsibility for addressing inequality? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Restructuring the Philadelphia Region offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to date about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. Moving beyond simplistic analyses of cities-versus-suburbs, the authors use a large and unique data set to discover the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of more than 350 separate localities. With each community operating its own public services and competing to attract residents and businesses, the places people live offer |
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