Region : planning the future of the Twin Cities / Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce, Jr.; with Geneva Finn ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orfield, Myron.

Contributor:

Luce, Thomas F.

University of Minnesota. Institute on Race and Poverty.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional planning--Minnesota--Minneapolis Metropolitan Area.

Regional planning.

Regional planning--Minnesota--Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Twin Cities region contains 11 counties, 300 cities and townships, and 1,700 unique combinations of tax rates and public services. Historically, this fragmentation has made it extremely difficult to address the social, economic, and environmental problems that affect all parts of the region, yet the Minneapolis and St. Paul area has generally been held in high esteem as a model of regional cooperation. How do policy planners make it work-and is it working well enough? In Region Myron Orfield and Thomas Luce examine both the successes and shortcomings of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Local Governance, Finance, and Growth Trends; 2 Governing the Twin Cities; 3 Neighborhood and School Segregation; 4 Transportation and Employment: Access to Growing Job Centers; 5 The Environment and Growth; 6 An Overview of Policy Recommendations; 7 The Politics of Regional Policy; Appendix A: Neighborhood and School Typology; Appendix B: Supplemental Data for Neighborhoods and Schools in the Twin Cities, Portland, and the Twenty-five Largest Metropolitan Areas; Acknowledgments; Notes; Contributors; Index

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with Institute on Race and Poverty."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816670680

0816670684

OCLC:

648759657