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Metropolitan resilience in a time of economic turmoil / edited by Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- UIC Urban Forum (2012 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Series:
- Urban agenda (Urbana, Ill.)
- Urban agenda
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban policy.
- Urbanization.
- Economic policy.
- Social policy.
- Recessions.
- Economic development.
- Urban economics.
- Metropolitan areas--Economic aspects.
- Metropolitan areas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cities, counties, school districts and other local governments have suffered a long-lasting period of fiscal challenges since the beginning of the Great Recession. Metropolitan governments continue to adjust to the "new normal" of sharply lower property values, consumer sales, and personal income. Contributors to this volume include elected officials, academics, key people in city administrations, and other nationally recognized experts who discuss solutions to the urban problems created by the Great Recession. Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil looks at the capacity of local governments to mobilize resources efficiently and effectively, as well as the overall effects of the long-term economic downturn on quality of life. Introducing the reader to the fiscal effects of the Great Recession on cities, the book examines the initial fraying and subsequent mending of the social safety net, the opportunities for pursuing economic development strategies, the challenges of inter-jurisdictional cooperation, and the legacy costs of pension liabilities and infrastructure decay. Contributors are Phil Ashton, Raphael Bostic, Richard Feiock, Rachel A. Gordon, Rebecca Hendrick, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, David Merriman, Richard Nathan, Michael A. Pagano, Breeze Richardson, Annette Steinacker, Nik Theodore, Rachel Weber, and Margaret Weir.
- Contents:
- part one. Overview
- part two. White papers
- part three. Summary
- part four. Policy experiments.
- Notes:
- "Published for the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago but the University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Chicao, and Springfield."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-07977-9
- 0-252-09601-0
- OCLC:
- 870336931
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