Main entry:

Rusk, David, author.

Title & Author:

Cities without suburbs / David Rusk.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press, [1993]
Baltimore, Maryland. : Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
©1993

Description:

xviii, 147 pages . ; 23 cm

Series:

Woodrow Wilson Center special studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index.
16. Inelastic areas that segregate Blacks segregate Hispanics. 17. City-suburb income gaps are more of a problem than overall income levels in metro areas. 18. Fragmented local government fosters segregation; unified local government promotes integration. 19. Dispersed and fragmented public education is more segregated than centralized and unified public education. 20. The global economy sets the rules, but local areas can decide how to play the game. 21. The smaller the income gap between city and suburb, the greater the economic progress for the whole metropolitan community. 22. Poverty is more concentrated in inelastic cities than in elastic cities. 23. Elastic cities have better bond ratings than inelastic cities. 24. Rebuilding inner cities from within has not happened. -- II. Characteristics of Metropolitan Areas. The Point of No Return. Cities without Suburbs -- III. Strategies for Stretching Cities. Three Strategies. Urban "Triage" Metro Government: A Definition.
State Government Initiatives. Federal Government Initiatives. Citizen Initiatives -- Appendix: Central Cities and Metro Areas by Elasticity Category.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0943875498 (alk. paper)
9780943875491 (alk. paper)
0943875501 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780943875507 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urban policy United States.
Metropolitan government United States.
Metropolitan areas United States.
Politique urbaine États-Unis.
Metropolitan areas
Metropolitan government
Urban policy
Großstadt
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtregion
Urbanisatie.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
United States
USA
Economics
Metropolitan United States
Urban United States

Added entries:

Woodrow Wilson Center special studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 110850
Call No.: ID HT123.R84; ID:94-B63
Status: Available