Restructuring the Philadelphia Region - Metropolitan Divisions and Inequality

Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Adams is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University.David W. Bartelt is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple UniversityDavid Elesh is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Social Science Data Library at Temple UniversityIra Goldstein is Director of Policy and Information Services for The Reinvestment Fund. Klappentext Looking for regional solutions to local limitations of opportunity in education, jobs and housing Zusammenfassung Presents the investigations about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. This title discovers the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia! a sprawling! complex metropolitan region consisting of over 350 separate localities. It also portrays the region's uneven development. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Expanding the Focus 1. Expansion, Decline, and Geographies of Inequality 2. Employment Opportunity 3. Housing Opportunity 4. Educational Opportunity 5. The Region's Communities and the Value Proposition 6. Who Takes Responsibility for Addressing Inequality? Appendix 1: Constructing the Community Typology Appendix 2: NAICS Coding for Industrial Classification Appendix 3: Lowest- and Higest-Achieving Districts: Organizational and Housing Characteristics Notes Index

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• Authors: Carolyn Adams, Carolyn/ Bartelt Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh, Ira Goldstein
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2008
• EAN: 9781592138975
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-897-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Philadelphia Voices, Philadelp; Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Visions Series; Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Vision; Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Vision; Philadelphia Voices, Philadelp
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education