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Urban problems and prospects

Title: Urban problems and prospects / Anthony Downs.
Author: Downs, Anthony.
Publication: Chicago : Rand McNally, 1976.

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Description

269 pages; 23 cm

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographies.

Contents

Alternative forms of future urban growth in the United States -- Up and down with ecology: the "issue-attention cycle" -- Racism in America and how to combat it -- Housing the urban poor: the economics of various strategies -- The success and failures of federal housing policy, 1960-1974 -- Alternative overall strategies for coping with the nation's housing needs -- "New cities": are they economically feasible? -- Stimulating capital investment in downtown areas and inner-city neighborhoods -- The law of peak-hour expressway congestion -- A realistic look at the final payoffs from urban data systems -- New directions for urban research -- Separating the planning and procurement of public services from their production and delivery -- Competition and community schools.

ISBN

0528670271
9780528670275
0528670395
9780528670398

LCCN

75016803

OCLC

ocm02196590
2196590
SCSB-291083

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library