Michael S Hamilton, Patricia Sue Atkins

Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on the role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems. This book provides a systematic treatment of the problems and issues involved in urban and regional policy concerns. It covers the key policy issues that confront contemporary metropolitan areas, including transportation, the environment, and affordable housing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780765617699
• ISBN-10: 0765617692
• Artikelnr.: 23577423

Autorenporträt

Michael S Hamilton, Patricia Sue Atkins

Inhaltsangabe

1: Exploring the Structure of Regional Governance in the United States
2: Central City Policy Issues in a Regional Context
3: Metropolitan Forms, Fiscal Efficiency, and Other Bottom Lines
4: Developing Regional Capacity to Plan Land Use and Infrastructure
5: Race and Regions
6: Affordable Housing Policies in Metropolitan Areas
7: Housing Policy Is School Policy
8: Poverty and Urban Regions
9: Are We Still Stuck in Traffic?
10: Economic Development in Metropolitan Areas
11: Regional Environmental Policy
12: Epilogue