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1 online resource (x, 341 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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UPCC book collections on Project Muse.
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Revised version of papers presented at the fourth in a series of annual conferences, held May 20-21, 2010 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the Brookings Institution, The Urban Institute, the George Washington University's Institute of Public Policy and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, and the Building Resilient Regions Network located at the the University of California at Berkeley. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1. Introduction / Margaret Weir, Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman -- 2. In search of regional resilience / Kathryn A. Foster -- 3. Resilience in the face of foreclosures : how national actors shape local responses / Todd Swanstrom -- 4. Struggling over strangers or receiving with resilience? The metropolitics of immigrant integration / Manuel Pastor and John Mollenkopf -- 5. Bringing equity to transit-oriented development : stations, systems and regional resilience / Rolf Pendall, Juliet Gainsborough, Kate Lowe, and Mai Nguyen -- 6. Economic shocks and regional economic resilience / Edward Hill, Travis St. Clair, Howard Wial, Harold Wolman, Patricia Atkins, Pamela Blumenthal, Sarah Ficenec, and Alec Friedhoff -- 7. Building a resilient social safety net / Sarah Reckhow and Margaret Weir. |
| Summary |
Brings policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on urban and regional policy issues. Conceptualizes fresh thinking of different aspects (economic development, education, land use), presenting main themes and implications and identifying gaps to fill for successful formulation and implementation of urban and regional policy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Regional planning -- United States -- Congresses.
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Regional planning. |
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United States. |
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Urban policy -- United States -- Congresses.
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Urban policy. |
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Urban economics -- Congresses.
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Urban economics. |
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City planning -- United States -- Congresses.
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City planning. |
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United States -- Social policy -- Congresses.
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Social policy. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Weir, Margaret, 1952- editor.
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Pindus, Nancy, editor.
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Wial, Howard, editor.
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Wolman, Harold, editor.
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Brookings Institution.
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Urban Institute.
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| Added Title |
Building resilient regions |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Urban and regional policy and its effects. Volume 4, Building resilient regions. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012 9780815722847 (OCoLC)775350761 |
| ISBN |
9780815722854 electronic book |
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0815722850 electronic book |
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9780815722847 paperback |
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0815722842 paperback |
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