Restructuring the Philadelphia region : metropolitan divisions and inequality / / Carolyn Adams ... [et al.] ; with Joshua Freely and Michelle Schmitt

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/4160974811
• Soggetto topico: Sociology, Urban - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Metropolitan Area; Equality - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
• Soggetto geografico: Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) Social conditions; Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) Economic conditions; Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) Politics and government
• Altri autori: AdamsCarolyn Teich
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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?
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Restructuring the Philadelphia region
• ISBN: 1-59213-898-5; 1-281-97331-9; 9786611973315
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826145703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions.