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Urban Change and Poverty
Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc (Author), Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie (Author)
ISBN: 0309078776     ISBN-13: 9780309078771
Publisher: National Academies Press
OUR PRICE:   $95.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 1988
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Industries - General
- Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
Dewey: 362.509
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 392 pages
 
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This up-to-date review of the critical issues confronting cities and individuals examines the policy implications of the difficult problems that will affect the future of urban America. Among the topics covered are the income, opportunities, and quality of life of urban residents; family structure, poverty, and the underclass; the redistribution of people and jobs in urban areas; urban economic growth patterns; fiscal conditions in large cities; and essays on governance and the deteriorating state of cities' aging infrastructures.