Böcker i Contemporary Urban Affairs-serien

This book publishes results of a two year research project to analyze critical problems facing America's central cities, evaluate strategies to address those problems and recommend policy alternatives.

This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.

This book explores Latino and Black and other relevant local experiences of collaboration and contention around policies and initiatives of advancement, in the context of recent global and national socioeconomic changes and changes in social policies in the United States.

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on how the poor can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself.

This book describes findings of a survey-based qualitative research study conducted among Detroit employers in the auto industry to evaluate explanations for why blacks are no longer catching up with whites in terms of income and employment.

This edited collection examines joint efforts by Latinos and African Americans to confront problems faced by populations of both groups in urban settings.

Picking up where Washington Post writer Joel Garreau's book Edge City left off, co-authors analyze the growth and specialized functions (e.g. manufacturing, health services, retailing, business services, and information services) of seven types of edge cities in Ohio. Coverage includes a brief intr

Focusing on two Chicago neighborhoods as case studies, this text examines the regional and national factors that affect urban development as well as the specific local characteristics that impact revitalization.

This study covers the topic of revitalizing inner city neighbourhoods, which has been an elusive goal for city planners and policy makers. Bright's book covers both successful and unsuccessful efforts at revitalizing low-income neighbourhoods and features case studies on a range of American cities.

This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US.

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.