National Urban Policy
National Urban Policy

Author: Harold Wolman

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780814325438

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This work examines urban problems, issues and policy approaches in the United States. It questions whether President Nixon's National Urban Policy Report of 1972, used by subsequent administrations as a policy viewpoint, could be made into a more useful document for reflecting urban concerns.

The Future of National Urban Policy
The Future of National Urban Policy

Author: Marshall Kaplan

Publisher: Duke Press Policy Studies

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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Scholars, policymakers, and journalists explore the condition of America's cities, focusing on the policies of the previous five presidential administrations, and offer suggestions for the future. Karl Marx once said that the point was not to understand the world but to change it. This volume offers little more than vague hopes and good intentions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Political Culture of Planning
The Political Culture of Planning

Author: J Barry Cullingworth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-26

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 1134881207

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First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

Urban Change and Poverty
Urban Change and Poverty

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0309038375

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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.

Downtown, Inc.
Downtown, Inc.

Author: Bernard J. Frieden

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1991-07-01

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780262560597

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Pioneering observers of the urban landscape Bernard Frieden and Lynne Sagalyn delve into the inner workings of the exciting new public entrepreneurship and public-private partnerships that have revitalized the downtowns of such cities as Boston, San Diego, Seattle, St. Paul, and Pasadena.