Main entry:

Rusk, David.

Title & Author:

Cities without suburbs : a Census 2000 update / David Rusk.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore, Md. : Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Description:

xviii, 154 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Woodrow Wilson Center special studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Framing the Issue -- I. Lessons from Urban America -- Lesson 1. real city is the total metropolitan area -- city and suburb -- Lesson 2. Most of America's blacks, Hispanics, and Asians live in urban areas -- Lesson 3. Since World War II, urban growth has been low-density, suburban style -- Lesson 4. For a city's population to grow, the city must be elastic -- Lesson 5. Almost all metro areas have grown -- Lesson 6. Low-density cities can grow through in-fill; high-density cities cannot -- Lesson 7. Elastic cities expand their city limits; inelastic cities do not -- Lesson 8. Bad state laws can hobble cities -- Lesson 9. Neighbors can trap cities -- Lesson 10. Old cities are complacent; young cities are ambitious -- Lesson 11. Racial prejudice has shaped growth patterns -- Lesson 12. Elastic cities capture suburban growth; inelastic cities contribute to suburban growth -- Lesson 13. Elastic cities gain population; inelastic cities lose population -- Lesson 14. When a city stops growing, it starts shrinking -- Lesson 15. Inelastic areas are more segregated than elastic areas -- Lesson 16. Major immigration increases Hispanic segregation -- Lesson 17. Highly racially segregated regions are also highly economically segregated regions -- Lesson 18. Inelastic cities have wide income gaps with their suburbs; elastic cities maintain greater city-suburb balance -- Lesson 19. Poverty is more disproportionately concentrated in inelastic cities than in elastic cities -- Lesson 20. Little boxes regions foster segregation; Big Box regions facilitate integration -- Lesson 21. Little boxes school districts foster segregation; Big Box school districts facilitate integration -- Lesson 22. Inelastic areas were harder hit by deindustrialization of the American labor market -- Lesson 23. Elastic areas had faster rates of nonfactory job creation than inelastic areas -- Lesson 24. Elastic areas showed greater real income gains than inelastic areas -- Lesson 25. Elastic cities have better bond ratings than inelastic cities -- Lesson 26. Elastic areas have a higher educated workforce than inelastic areas -- II. Characteristics of Metropolitan Areas -- Point of (Almost) No Return -- Cities without Suburbs -- III. Strategies for Stretching Cities -- Three Essential Regional Policies -- Metro Government: A Definition -- State Government's Crucial Role -- Federal Government: Leveling the Playing Field -- IV. Conclusions -- App. Central Cities and Metro Areas by Elasticity Category -- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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ISBN:

1930365136 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781930365131 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1930365144 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781930365148 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urban policy United States.
Metropolitan government United States.
Metropolitan areas United States.
Politique urbaine États-Unis.
Agglomérations urbaines Administration États-Unis.
Agglomérations urbaines États-Unis.
Metropolitan areas.
Metropolitan government.
Urban policy.
United States.

Added entries:

Woodrow Wilson Center special studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227886
Call No.: HT123 .R84 2003
Status: Available