Taking sides : = clashing views in u...
Levine, Myron A.

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    Title/Author: Taking sides :/ selected, edited, and with introductions by Myron A. Levine.
    Reminder of title: clashing views in urban studies /
    remainder title: Clashing views in urban studies
    other author: Levine, Myron A.
    Published: New York :McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series, : c2013.,
    Description: xxxv, 412 p. :charts, ill. ;24 cm.
    [NT 15003449]: Does 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?
    Subject: Cities and towns. -
    ISBN: 9780078050435 (pbk.) :
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