Cities without suburbs : a Census 2010 perspective / David Rusk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rusk, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy--United States.

Urban policy.

United States.

Metropolitan government--United States.

Metropolitan government.

Metropolitan areas--United States.

Metropolitan areas.

Physical Description:

xxii, 199 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press, [2013]

Summary:

Cities without Suburbs, first published in 1993, has become an influential analysis of America's cities among by city planners, scholars, and citizens alike. In it, David Rusk argues that America must end the isolation of the central city from its suburbs in order to attack its urban problems. The fourth edition updates Rusk's argument using the 2010 census, plus the American Community Survey. Rusk provides new material on the difference between population trends and household trends, the impact of Hispanic immigration, and the potential for city-county consolidation. And the fourth edition brings added emphasis to "elasticity mimics"-a variety of intergovernmental policies that can provide some of the benefits of consolidated regional efforts in situations where annexation and consolidation are impossible. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Lessons from Urban America 7

Lesson 1 The Real City Is the Total Metropolitan Area-City and Suburb 7

Lesson 2 Most of America's Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians Live in Metro Areas 9

Lesson 3 Since World War H, Most Urban Growth Has Been Low Density, Suburban Style 9

Lesson 4 For a City's Population to Grow, the City Must Be Elastic 11

Lesson 5 Almost All Metro Areas Have Grown 17

Lesson 6 Low-Density Cities Can Grow through Infill; High-Density Cities Cannot 20

Lesson 7 Elastic Cities Expand Their City Limits; Inelastic Cities Do Not 21

Lesson 8 Bad State Laws Can Hobble Cities 23

Lesson 9 Neighbors Can Trap Cities 25

Lesson 10 Old Cities Are Complacent; Young Cities Are Ambitious 27

Lesson 11 Racial Prejudice Has Shaped Growth Patterns 31

Lesson 12 Elastic Cities "Capture" Suburban Population Growth; Inelastic Cities "Contribute" to Suburban Population Growth 34

Lesson 13 Elastic Cities Gain Population; Inelastic Cities Lose Population 36

Lesson 14 Shrinking Household Size Understates Elastic Cities' Gains While Overstating Inelastic Cities' Losses 37

Lesson 15 Inelastic Areas Are More Segregated Than Elastic Areas 41

Lesson 16 Major Immigration Increases Hispanic Segregation 44

Lesson 17 Highly Racially Segregated Regions Are Also Highly Economically Segregated Regions 46

Lesson 18 Inelastic Cities Have Wide Income Gaps with Their Suburbs; Elastic Cities Maintain Greater City-Suburb Balance 47

Lesson 19 Poverty Is More Disproportionately Concentrated in Inelastic Cities Than in Elastic Cities 47

Lesson 20 Little Boxes Regions Foster Segregation; Big Box Regions Facilitate Integration 50

Lesson 21 Little Boxes School Districts Foster Segregation; Big Box School Districts Facilitate Integration 53

Lesson 22 Inelastic Areas Were Harder Hit by Deindustrialization of the American Labor Market 55

Lesson 23 Elastic Areas Had Faster Rates of Nonfactory Job Creation Than Did Inelastic Areas 57

Lesson 24 Elastic Areas Showed Greater Real Income Gains Than Inelastic Areas 57

Lesson 25 Elastic Cities Have Better Bond Ratings Than Inelastic Cities 59

Lesson 26 Elastic Areas Have a Higher-Educated Workforce Than Inelastic Areas 61

Conclusion 61

2 Characteristics of Metropolitan Areas 69

The Point of (Almost) No Return 105

Cities without Suburbs 111

3 Strategies for Sketching Cities 123

Three Essential Regional Policies 123

Metro Government: A Definition 127

State Government's Crucial Role 127

Federal Government: Leveling the Playing Field 148

4 Conclusion 167.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781938027031

1938027035

9781938027048

1938027043

OCLC:

833147184