Urban and regional policy and its effects [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2 / / Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, Harold Wolman, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76; 338.973009173/2
• Soggetto topico: Urban policy; Urban economics; Urban renewal; Regional planning; City planning
• Altri autori: WialHoward WolmanHarold PindusNancy
• Note generali: Contains papers originally presented at conferences held at the Urban Institute, June 5-6, 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman -- Retail trade as a route to neighborhood revitalization / Karen Chapple and Rick Jacobus -- Correlates of mayoral takeovers in city school systems / Jeffrey R. Henig and Elisabeth Thurston Fraser -- The education gospel and the metropolis : the multiple roles of community colleges in workforce and economic development / W. Norton Grubb -- Living wage laws : how much do (can) they matter? / Harry J. Holzer -- The next move : metropolitan regions and the transformation of the freight transport and distribution system / Susan Christopherson and Michael H. Belzer -- How might inclusionary zoning affect urban form? / Rolf Pendall.
• Sommario/riassunto: Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects, the second in a series, sets out to inform policymakers, practitioners, and scholars about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, and experiments in addressing key social and economic problems facing cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas. The chapters analyze responses to six key policy challenges that most metropolitans areas and local communities face: Creating quality neighborhoods for families; Governing effectively; Building human capital; Growing the middle class; Growing a competitive economy through industry-based strategies; Managing the spatial pattern of metropolitan growth and development. Each chapter discusses a specific policy topic under one of these challenges. The authors present the essence of what is known, as well as the likely implications, and identify the knowledge gaps that need to be filled for the successful formulation and implementation of urban and regional policy. Contributors: Karen Chapple and Rick Jacobus (University of California, Berkeley and Burlington Associates), Jeffrey R. Henig and Elisabeth Thurston Fraser (Teachers College, Columbia University), W. Norton Grubb (University of California, Berkeley), Harry J. Holzer (Georgetown University and Urban Institute), Susan Christopherson and Michael H. Belzer (Cornell University and Wayne State University), and Rolf Pendall (Cornell University).
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban and regional policy and its effects
• ISBN: 1-282-40357-5; 9786612403576; 0-8157-0376-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781196203321
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