Restructuring the Philadelphia region : metropolitan divisions and inequality / Carolyn Adams ... [et al.] ; with Joshua Freely and Michelle Schmitt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adams, Carolyn Teich.

Series:

Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions.

Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Sociology, Urban.

Equality--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Equality.

Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.).

Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.)--Economic conditions.

Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Restructuring the Philadelphia Region offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to date about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. Moving beyond simplistic analyses of cities-versus-suburbs, the authors use a large and unique data set to discover the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of more than 350 separate localities. With each community operating its own public services and competing to attract residents and businesses, the places people live offer

Contents:

Expansion, decline, and geographies of inequality

Employment opportunity

Housing opportunity

Educational opportunity

The region's communities and the value proposition

Who takes responsibility for addressing inequality?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218) and index.

ISBN:

9786611973315

9781592138982

1592138985

9781281973313

1281973319

OCLC:

302407067