
Making Cities Work
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Drawing on cutting-edge research in the social sciences, the contributors explore optimal ways to manage the modern city and propose solutions to today's most pressing urban problems. Topics include the urban economy, transportation, housing and open space, immigration, race, the impacts of poverty on children, education, crime, and financing and managing services. The contributors show how to make cities work for diverse urban constituencies, and why we still need cities despite the many challenges they pose. Making Cities Work brings the latest findings in urban economics to policymakers, researchers, and students, as well as anyone interested in urban affairs.
In addition to the editor, the contributors are David Card, Philip J. Cook, Janet Currie, Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, Richard J. Murnane, Witold Rybczynski, Kenneth A. Small, and Jacob L. Vigdor.
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Foreword by Robert P. Inman xi
Acknowledgments by Robert P. Inman xiii
Contributors xv
Chapter 1: Introduction: City Prospects, City Policies by Robert P. Inman 1
Chapter 2: Growth: The Death and Life of Cities by Edward L. Glaeser 22
Chapter 3: Transportation: Urban Transportation Policy by Kenneth A. Small 63
Chapter 4: Space: The Design of the Urban Environment by Witold Rybczynski 94
Chapter 5: Housing: Urban Housing Markets by Joseph Gyourko 123
Chapter 6: Immigration: How Immigration Affects U.S. Cities by David Card 158
Chapter 7: Race: The Perplexing Persistence of Race by Jacob L. Vigdor 201
Chapter 8: Poverty: Poverty among Inner-City Children by Janet Currie 226
Chapter 9: Education: Educating Urban Children by Richard J. Murnane 269
Chapter 10: Crime: Crime in the City by Philip J. Cook 297
Chapter 11: Finances: Financing City Services by Robert P. Inman 328
Index 363
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