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Urban Change and Poverty [PDF ebook]

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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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 392 ● ISBN 9780309555227 ● Publisher National Academies Press ● Published 1988 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7146932 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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