Research Catalog

Title

Urban and regional policy and its effects / Margery Austin Turner, Howard Wial, Harold Wolman, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008-c2009-c2010-c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Turner, Margery Austin, 1955-
• Wial, Howard.
• Wolman, Harold
• Pindus, Nancy.
• Weir, Margaret, 1952-
• Brookings Institution.

Description

4 v. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"Brings policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on urban and regional policy issues. Conceptualizes fresh thinking of different aspects (economic development, education, land use), presenting main themes and implications and identifying gaps to fill for successful formulation and implementation of urban and regional policy"--Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Building resilient regions

Subject

• Urban policy > Congresses
• Urban economics > Congresses
• Urban renewal > Congresses
• Regional planning > Congresses
• City planning > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Editors for vol. 2-3: Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, Harold Wolman.
• Editors for vol. 4: Margaret Weir, Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, Harold Wolman.
• Volume 4 only contains subtitle "Building resilient regions."
• Each vol. contains papers originally presented at conferences held at: the Brookings Institution on March 29-30, 2007, vol. 1; the Urban Institute on June 5-6, 2008, vol. 2; George Washington University in Washington D.C. on May 21-22, 2009, vol. 3; George Washington University in Washington D.C. on May 20-21, 2010, vol. 4.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Vol. 1: Introduction / Margery Austin Turner, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman -- "Eds and meds" and metropolitan economic development / Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek -- Low-income homeownership as an asset-building tool : what can we tell policymakers? / George C. Galster and Anna M. Santiago -- Tax and expenditure limitations and their effects on local finances and urban areas / David Brunori ... [et al.] -- Preschool education and human capital development in central cities / Clive Belfield -- Can economically integrated neighborhoods improve children's educational outcomes? / Ingrid Gould Ellen, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Leanna Stiefel -- Spatial development and energy consumption / Elena Safirova, Sebastien Houde, and Winston Harrington.
• Vol. 2: Introduction / Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman -- Retail trade as a route to neighborhood revitalization / Karen Chapple and Rick Jacobus -- Correlates of mayoral takeovers in city school systems / Jeffrey R. Henig and Elisabeth Thurston Fraser -- The education gospel and the metropolis : the multiple roles of community colleges in workforce and economic development / W. Norton Grubb -- Living wage laws : how much do (can) they matter? / Harry J. Holzer -- The next move : metropolitan regions and the transformation of the freight transport and distribution system / Susan Christopherson and Michael H. Belzer -- How might inclusionary zoning affect urban form? / Rolf Pendall.
• Vol. 3: Introduction / Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman -- Policies to cope with foreclosures and their effects on neighborhoods / G. Thomas Kingsley -- School choice : options and outcomes / Ron Zimmer, Cassandra Guarino, and Richard Buddin -- Commuter taxes in U.S. metropolitan areas / Robert W. Wassmer -- Getting into the game : is the gamble on sports as a stimulus for urban economic development a good bet? / Robert A. Baude -- Public transit as a metropolitan growth and development strategy / Genevieve Giuliano and Ajay Agarwal.
• Vol. 4: Preface -- 1. Introduction / Margaret Weir, Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman - 2. In search of regional resilience / Kathryn A. Foster -- 2. Resilience in the face of foreclosures : how national actors shape local responses / Todd Swanstrom -- 4. Struggling over strangers or receiving with resilience? The metropolitics of immigrant integration / Manuel Pastor and John Mollenkopf -- 5. Bringing equity to transit-oriented development : stations, systems and regional resilience / Rolf Pendall, Juliet Gainsborough, Kate Lowe, and Mai Nguyen -- 6. Economic shocks and regional economic resilience / Edward Hill, Travis St. Clair, Howard Wial, Harold Wolman, Patricia Atkins, Pamela Blumenthal, Sarah Ficenec, and Alec Friedhoff -- 7. Building a resilient social safety net / Sarah Reckhow and Margaret Weir.

ISBN

• 9780815786016 (vol. 1 : pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0815786018 (vol. 1 : pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780815702979 (vol. 2 : pbk.)
• 9780815704065 (vol. 3 : pbk.)
• 9780815722847 (vol. 4 : pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008016030

OCLC

• 225533307
• SCSB-10587868

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library