The Urban Experience
Economics, Society, and Public Policy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 21 August 2008
- ISBN 9780195313086
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages624 pages
- Size 183x254x33 mm
- Weight 1259 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 101 illustrations 0
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Long description:
The Urban Experience provides a fresh approach to the study of metropolitan areas by combining economic principles, social insight, and political realities with an appreciation of public policy to understand how U.S. cities and suburbs function in the 21st century. The book is grounded in the real life experiences of students and their families on the premise that there is a fascination about one's own surroundings. It uses a great deal of historical and comparative data to explore the wide variation in how we experience urban and suburban communities. It addresses the changing role and function of U.S. metropolitan areas in an age of growing global competition and focuses on key contemporary problems facing cities and suburbs. The book introduces analyses from economics, sociology, and political science as useful tools to understand the evolution and current status of the nation's urban areas.
It is the hope of the authors that after students have taken a one-semester course using this text they will have a much greater appreciation and understanding of cities and suburbs, allowing them to participate more fully in the communities where they work and live.
This superb new text manages to capture the broad historical foundations of urban economics and its public policy implications. But it also covers the waterfront of contemporary debates and dilemmas, including those tied to social and environmental values and approaches to local politics, extremely well. The authors' lively and balanced style is ideal for teaching these important ideas, both the classic and the cutting-edge.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Part I - Introduction to Cities and Suburbs
Chapter 1 - The Wonder and Paradox of Urban Life
Chapter 2 - How Metro Areas Rank
Part II - Dynamics of Metropolitan Development
Chapter 3 - Urban America from the 17th to the Early 20th Century: The Dynamics of City Growth
Chapter 4 - Cities and Suburbs in the Late 20th Century: The Dynamics Of Metropolitan Expansion
Chapter 5 - U.S. Metro Areas in the 21st Century: The New Dynamics Of Urban Location
Part III - Foundations of Metropolitan Area Prosperity
Chapter 6 - Urban Prosperity and the Role of Trade
Chapter 7 - Urban Labor Markets and Metro Prosperity
Chapter 8 - Urban Public Education and Metro Prosperity
Part IV - Current Policy Issues in Metro Areas
Chapter 9 - The Urban Public Sector
Chapter 10 - Urban Physical Infrastructure: Water, Sewer, and Waste/Parks, Libraries, and Transportation
Chapter 11 - Urban Social Infrastructure: Public Health, Public Safety, and Public Welfare Policy
Chapter 12 - Urban Housing Markets, Residential Location, and Housing Policy
Chapter 13 - Land Use Controls, Sprawl, and Smart Growth
Chapter 14 - Urban Economic Development Strategies
Chapter 15 - Urban Well-Being, Civility, and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century
Glossary
Index
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