Restructuring the Philadelphia region : metropolitan divisions and inequality / / Carolyn Adams ... [et al.] ; with Joshua Freely and Michelle Schmitt
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| Titolo: |
Restructuring the Philadelphia region : metropolitan divisions and inequality / / Carolyn Adams ... [et al.] ; with Joshua Freely and Michelle Schmitt
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| 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
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| 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: | 9786611973315 |
| 9781592138982 | |
| 1592138985 | |
| 9781281973313 | |
| 1281973319 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910957897303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions.