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The New urban reality

Author: Paul E Peterson; Brookings Institution.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, ©1985.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
New urban reality.
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, c1985
(OCoLC)559961168
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul E Peterson; Brookings Institution.
ISBN: 0815770189 : 9780815770183 0815770170 : 9780815770176
OCLC Number: 11728365
Description: xv, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Technology, race, and urban policy / Paul E. Peterson --
Part one: The processes of urban growth and decline --
Urban change and minority opportunities / John D. Kasarda --
Islands of renewal in seas of decay / Brian J.L. Berry --
Part two: The impact of racial change --
Race and neighborhood transition / Elijah Anderson --
The urban underclass in advanced industrial society / William Julius Wilson --
Ghettoization and its alternatives / Gary Orfield --
Part three: The policy response --
Transportation and urban change / Kenneth A. Small --
Policy responses to crime / Herbert Jacob --
Fiscal strain : how different are snow belt and sun belt cities? / Terry Nichols Clark --
The future of industrial cities / Anthony Downs.
Responsibility: Paul E. Peterson, editor.

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