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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Introduction	13-21	(skim)
2 Central Cities, Suburbs, and Metropolitan-Area Problems	22-39	(skim)
3 Disparities in Outcomes	40-78	(skim)
4 Strategies for Reducing Disparities	79-115	(skim)
5 Recommendations for Research and Policy Choices	116-134	(skim)
References	135-148	(skim)
Does the American Way of Zoning Cause the Suburbs of Metropolitan Areas to Be Too Spread Out?	149-191	(skim)
Spatial Stratification Within U.S. Metropolitan Areas	192-212	(skim)
The Geography of Economic and Social Opportunity in Metropolitan Areas	213-252	(skim)
Metropolitan Limits: Intrametropolitan Disparities and Governance in U.S. Laboratories of Democracy	253-295	(skim)
Regionalism in Transportation and Air Quality: History, Interpretation, and Insights for Regional Governance	296-323	(skim)
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	324-330	(skim)
Index	331-347	(skim)

Description

America's cities have symbolized the nation's prosperity, dynamism, and innovation. Even with the trend toward suburbanization, many central cities attract substantial new investment and employment. Within this profile of health, however, many urban areas are beset by problems of economic disparity, physical deterioration, and social distress.

This volume addresses the condition of the city from the perspective of the larger metropolitan region. It offers important, thought-provoking perspectives on the structure of metropolitan-level decisionmaking, the disadvantages faced by cities and city residents, and expanding economic opportunity to all residents in a metropolitan area. The book provides data, real-world examples, and analyses in key areas:

• Distribution of metropolitan populations and what this means for city dwellers, suburbanites, whites, and minorities.
  
• How quality of life depends on the spatial structure of a community and how problems are based on inequalities in spatial
  opportunity--with a focus on the relationship between taxes and services.
  
• The role of the central city today, the rationale for revitalizing central cities, and city-suburban interdependence.

The book includes papers that provide in-depth examinations of zoning policy in relation to patterns of suburban development; regionalism in transportation and air quality; the geography of economic and social opportunity; social stratification in metropolitan areas; and fiscal and service disparities within metropolitan areas.

Authoring Organizations

• Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (CBASSE)
• Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE)
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