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090 _aTOPIC HT 151 .T322 2013
245 0 0 _aTaking sides :
_bclashing views in urban studies /
_cselected, edited, and with introductions by Myron A. Levine.
246 3 1 _aClashing views in urban studies
246 3 1 _aUrban studies
260 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series,
_cc2013.
300 _axxxv, 412 p. :
_bcharts ;
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490 0 _aTaking sides
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aDoes the new immigration burden cities? -- Does neighborhood gentrification benefit the inner-city poor? -- Should state governments impose strong limitations on the ability of cities to use eminent domain powers for economic development purposes? -- Are public subsidies for sports stadiums a good investment by cities? -- Should cities rely on tax increment financing (TIF) as a primary tool in their efforts to promote local economic development? -- Does broken-windows policing reduce crime? -- Are school vouchers overrated as a strategy for reforming public education? -- Do charter schools improve education? -- Should federal programs seek to deconcentrate inner-city poverty? -- Should section 8 housing vouchers continue to serve as the backbone of the federal government's assisted housing efforts? -- Did the government's regulation of lending institutions under the community reinvestment act lead to the mortgage foreclosure crisis? -- Should U.S. cities adopt a system of "congestion pricing" to "tame" traffic? -- Should the United States invest in high-speed intercity rail? -- Is urban sprawl a sufficiently important problem to merit government corrective action? -- Do Portland-style smart growth policies raise housing prices and hurt urban livability? -- Are environmentalists too often the unwitting allies of suburban exclusionists? -- Does new urbanism represent a viable strategy that can transform suburban communities? -- Should urban policy in the United States be guided by the model of the European city?
650 0 _aCities and towns.
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650 0 _aSociology, Urban.
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