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New Visions for Metropolitan America by Anthony Downs (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBrookings Institution Press
ISBN-100815719256
ISBN-139780815719250
eBay Product ID (ePID)288743
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameNew Visions for Metropolitan America
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPublic Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Public Policy / Regional Planning
Publication Year1994
FeaturesReprint
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnthony Downs
Subject AreaPolitical Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"Down's presents a wealth of data and scholarship that will be invaluable to all students of urban issues." -- Journal of Economic Literature, "Down's presents a wealth of data and scholarship that will be invaluable to all students of urban issues." - Journal of Economic Literature " Reading Downs on urban problems is like seeing a lawn mower operate for the first time, when you have been trimming the grass with a pair of scissors. He offers pithy summaries of the work of others, offers his own ideas, and uses a hard-headed economic perspective to assess alternatives. " - Planning " Provocative, probing, philosophical, policy driven--Tony Downs poignantly defines a future vision for America's building environment." -Rep. Marcy Kaptur, "Reading Downs on urban problems is like seeing a lawn mower operate for the first time, when you have been trimming the grass with a pair of scissors. He offers pithy summaries of the work of others, offers his own ideas, and uses a hard-headed economic perspective to assess alternatives. " -- Planning
Dewey Decimal307.76/0973
Edition DescriptionReprint
Synopsis In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing. Copublished with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy , This text provides a considered proposal to restructure the land-use pattern that prevails in most American metropolitan areas. It is intended for students studying urban issues., In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing. Copublished with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing.
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