TY - BOOK AU - Loewenstein,Louis K. TI - Urban studies: an introductory reader SN - 0029194709 AV - HT123 .L64 1977 U1 - 301.36/0973 PY - 1977/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - Cities and towns KW - United States KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Villes KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Sociologie urbaine KW - fast KW - Stadssociologie KW - gtt N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -