an introductory reader Loewenstein, Louis K. creator compiler. text bibliography nyu New York Free Press �1977 1977 2d ed. monographic eng

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xxiii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Part I. The scope and content of urban studies -- The changingdistribution of the population of the United States in the twentieth century / Irene B. Taeuber -- The valuable inefficiencies and impracticalities of cities / Jane Jacobs -- Form and structure of the metropolitan area / William L.C. Wheaton -- The city as it is and as it might be / National Commission on Urban Problems -- A critical view of the urban crisis / Edward C. Banfield -- Introduction to suburban problems : an overview / The President's Task Force on Suburban Problems -- Part II. Functional issues of our times -- Urban poverty -- Poverty in cities / Daniel P. Moynihan -- Who are the urban poor? / Anthony Downs -- Urban education -- The schools in the city / Theodore R. Sizer -- Do schools make a difference? / Godfrey Hodgson -- Urban finances -- The financial crisis of our cities / Thirty-three panel members -- Financing urban government / Dick Netzer -- Urban housing -- The shape of the nation's housing problems / The President's Committee on Urban Housing -- America's housing needs : 1970 to 1980 / David Birch and others -- Urban design -- The image of the city / Kevin Lynch -- The Pattern of the metropolis / Kevin Lynch -- Urban environment -- The city : health and pathology / Ian McHarg -- The use of land : a citizen's policy guide to urban growth / The Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth of the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality -- Urban life -- The culture of urban America / John Burchard -- Criteria for judging the quality of urban environment / Hans Blumenfeld. edited by Louis K. Loewenstein. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Cities and towns United States Sociology, Urban Villes �Etats-Unis Sociologie urbaine Cities and towns Sociology, Urban United States Stadssociologie HT123 .L64 1977 301.36/0973 71.14 Loewenstein, Louis K. New York : Free Press, �1977 2d ed. (OCoLC)647686339 0029194709 9780029194706 0029194407 9780029194409 76019644 DLC 761014 20160622185418.0 ocm02542341 eng