Urban society

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, Myron A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : ill. , McGraw Hill/Hogher education , c2010
Edition:14th ed: annual ed
Series:Annual editions
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Urban growth, decline, and renaissance
  • 2. Gentrification, globalization and the city
  • 3. Competitive pressures and economic development
  • 4. Citizen participation
  • 5. School choice and school reform
  • 6. Policing and crime
  • 7. A suburban nation: suburban growth, diversity, and the possibilities of a "new urbanism" and a "new regionalism"
  • 8. Toward sustainable cities and suburbs
  • 9. The future of cities and suburbs: the United States and the world