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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784493803321

Titolo

Sunbelt/frostbelt [[electronic resource] ] : public policies and market forces in metropolitan development / / Janet Rothenberg Pack, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-81314-8

9786610813148

0-8157-9766-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

James A. Johnson metro series

Altri autori (Persone)

PackJanet Rothenberg

Disciplina

307.76/4/0973

Soggetti

Metropolitan areas - United States

Metropolitan areas - Government policy - United States

Regional planning - United States

Cities and towns - United States - Growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Metropolitan development : patterns, problems, causes, policy proposals / Janet Rothenberg Pack -- Chicago : metropolitan decentralization / Wim Wiewel, Joseph Persky, and Kimberly Schaffer -- Los Angeles : region by design / Jennifer Wolch ... [et al.] -- Philadelphia : spatial economic disparities / Joseph Gyourko and Anita A. Summers -- Phoenix : dealing with fast growth / Arizona State University Research Team -- Pittsburgh : economic restructuring and regional development patterns, 1880-2000 / Robert E. Gleeson and Jerry Paytas.

Sommario/riassunto

"The product of a multiyear project looking at how government policies shape growth patterns in five metropolitan areas--Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Philadelphia--this book examines how these sunbelt and frostbelt metro areas have tried to use policy reform to address their individual development challenges"--Provided by publisher.