Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh

Restructuring the Philadelphia Region: Metropolitan Divisions and Inequality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looking for regional solutions to local limitations of opportunity in education, jobs and housing

Produktdetails

• Philadelphia Voices, Philadelp
• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781592138975
• ISBN-10: 1592138977
• Artikelnr.: 23810873

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Adams is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. David W. Bartelt is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University David Elesh is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Social Science Data Library at Temple University Ira Goldstein is Director of Policy and Information Services for The Reinvestment Fund.

Inhaltsangabe

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