Place matters : metropolitics for the twenty-first century / Peter Dreier, John Mollenkopf & Todd Swanstrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dreier, Peter, 1948-

Contributor:

Mollenkopf, John H., 1946-

Swanstrom, Todd.

Series:

Studies in government and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban poor--United States.

Urban poor.

United States.

Urban policy--United States.

Urban policy.

Federal-city relations--United States.

Federal-city relations.

Metropolitan areas--United States.

Metropolitan areas.

Physical Description:

xviii, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition, revised.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2004]

Contents:

Place still matters

The facts of economic segregation and sprawl

The costs of economic segregation and sprawl

The roads not taken : how government policies promote economic segregation and suburban sprawl

Urban politics and city limits : what cities can and cannot do to address poverty

Regionalisms old and new

Metropolicies for the twenty-first century

Crossing the city line : a metropolitics for the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-408) and index.

ISBN:

0700613641

OCLC:

55644563