Redefining Urban And Suburban America - Evidence From Census 2000

Informationen zum Autor Alan Berube is a fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Bruce Katz is vice president, director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, and Adeline M. and Alfred I. Johnson Chair in Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution. Robert E. Lang is co director of the Metropolitan Institute and a professor in the Urban Affairs and Planning graduate program at Virginia Tech. Klappentext This second volume in the "Redefining Urban and Suburban America" series provides a closer look at the unprecedented social and economic changes taking place in the nations oldest and newest communities, and explores the implications for a diverse set of policy areas, including metropolitan development patterns, immigrant incorporation, and the promotion of affordable housing and homeownership. Zusammenfassung Results from Census 2000 continue to reveal the striking changes taking place in the nation's cities and suburbs during the 1990s. Thanks to a decade of strong economic growth! concentrated poverty in inner cities declined dramatically! homeownership rose among young minority households! and workers from abroad settled in growing metropolitan areas that had experienced little immigration to date.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert E. (EDT)/ Katz Lang
• Con la collaborazione di: Alan Berube (Editore), Bruce Katz (Editore), Bruce J. Katz (Editore), Robert E. Lang (Editore)
• Editore: Brookings Institution Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2005
• EAN: 9780815748960
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-4896-0
• Pagine: 348
• Dimensioni: 178 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
• Serie: James A. Johnson Metro Series; Redefining Urban and Suburban; James A. Johnson Metro Series; James A. Johnson Metro; Redefining Urban and Suburban
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva