Human capital investment for central city revitalization / / [edited by] Fritz W. Wagner, Timothy E. Joder, Anthony J. Mumphrey, Jr

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.3/42
• Soggetto topico: Human capital; Urban poor; Urban renewal
• Classificazione: 74.73
• Altri autori: WagnerFritz W JoderTimothy E MumphreyAnthony J
• Note generali: A companion work to Managing capital resources for central city revitalization.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ch. 1. Human capital investment / Robert W. Becker and Robert A. Collins -- ch. 2. The Detroit Empowerment Zone's effect on economic opportunity : employers' responses to the zone's programs and incentives / Margaret Dewar -- ch. 3. Building communities, building coalitions : initiatives for urban education / Kathryn Doherty, Cheryl Jones, and Clarence Stone -- ch. 4. Tenant organizing in public housing : a case study of Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana / Robert O. Washington and Robert K. Whelen -- ch. 5. The impact of community-reinvestment agreements on mortgage lending to minority and low-income households and neighborhoods / Alex Schwartz -- ch. 6. Conclusion : human capital investment and central city revitalization / Fritz Wagner [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself. Also includes four maps.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human capital investment for central city revitalization
• ISBN: 1-134-82761-X; 0-203-77545-7; 1-134-82754-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786991703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary urban affairs series.