Urban Change and Poverty

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Publication Year:1988

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Front Matter	i-xii
Part I: Committee ReportOverview	1-11	(skim)
Well-Being and Poverty	12-23	(skim)
Urban Economic Trends	24-32	(skim)
Urban Fiscal Conditions	33-41	(skim)
Trends in Urban Governance	42-43	(skim)
Urban Infrastructure	44-50	(skim)
Policy Implications	51-54	(skim)
References	55-58	(skim)
Appendix A: Regional Classifications	59-60	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants	61-64	(skim)
Part II: Background PapersIncome, Opportunities, and the Quality of Life of Urban Residents	65-101	(skim)
Family Structure, Poverty, and the Underclass	102-147	(skim)
Jobs, Migration, and Emerging Urban Mismatches	148-198	(skim)
Local Area Economic Growth Patterns: A Comparison of the 1980s and Previous Decades	199-254	(skim)
Fiscal Conditions in Large American Cities, 1971-1984	255-283	(skim)
State Fiscal Conditions	284-307	(skim)
Urban Infrastructure: Problems and Solutions	308-347	(skim)
Urban Governance: The New Politics of Entrepreneurship	348-374	(skim)
Index	375-380	(skim)

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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.

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