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.
- ISBN10 0309078776
- ISBN13 9780309078771
- Publish Date 1 February 1988
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint National Academies Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 392
- Language English