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Redefining urban and suburban America [electronic resource] : evidence from Census 2000. Volume 1 / Bruce Katz and Robert E. Lang, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- James A. Johnson Metro
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metropolitan areas--United States.
- Metropolitan areas.
- Suburbs--United States.
- Suburbs.
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- Sociology, Urban--United States.
- Sociology, Urban.
- United States--Population.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Redefining Urban and Suburban America explores demographic trends and their complexities, along with their implications for the policies and politics shaping metropolitan America. The shifts discussed here have significant influence in demand for housing and schools, childcare and healthcare, as well as private goods and services.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. City Growth; 2. Gaining but Losing Ground; 3. The Urban Turnaround; 4. Downtown Rebound; 5. Patchwork Cities; 6. ""Boomburbs""; 7. Suburbs; 8. Racial and Ethnic Change in the Nation's Largest Cities; 9. Melting Pot Suburbs; 10. Changing Patterns of Latino Growth in Metropolitan America; 11. Racial Segregation; 12. Ethnic Diversity Grows, Neighborhood Integration Lags; 13. City Families and Suburban Singles; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-4859-0
- 1-280-81276-1
- 9786610812769
- 0-8157-4858-2
- OCLC:
- 475994948
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