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The metropolitan revolution : how cities and metros are fixing our broken politics and fragile economy / Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katz, Bruce.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metropolitan areas--United States.
- Metropolitan areas.
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- Municipal government--United States.
- Municipal government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A revolution is stirring in America. Across the nation cities and metropolitan areas, and the networks of pragmatic leaders who govern them, are taking on the big issues that Washington won't, or can't, solve. They are reshaping our economy and fixing our broken political system. The Metropolitan Revolution is a national movement, and the book describes how it is taking root in New York City, where efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy; in Portland, Oregon, which is selling the ""sustainability"" solutions it has perfected to other cities aro
- Contents:
- A revolution unleashed
- New York City : innovation and the next economy
- Denver : the four votes
- Cleveland : the post-hero economy
- Houston : el civics
- The rise of innovation districts
- Toward a global network of trading cities
- Metros as the new sovereign
- A revolution realized.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-2152-8
- OCLC:
- 848902304
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