Research Catalog

Title

Cities without suburbs / David Rusk.

Author

Rusk, David.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore, Md. : Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Details

Description

xviii, 147 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Woodrow Wilson Center special studies

Uniform Title

Woodrow Wilson Center special studies.

Subjects

• Metropolitan government > United States
• Urban policy > United States
• Metropolitan areas > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Framing the Issue -- I. Lessons from Urban America. 1. The real city is the total metropolitan area - city and suburb. 2. Most of America's Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians live in urban areas. 3. Since World War II, all urban growth has been low-density, suburban style. 4. For a city's population to grow, the city must be "elastic." 5. Almost all metro areas have grown. 6. Some central cities have grown; others have shrunk. 7. Low-density cities can grow through in-fill; high-density cities cannot. 8. Elastic cities expand their city limits; inelastic cities do not. 9. When a city stops growing, it starts shrinking. 10. Elastic cities "capture" suburban growth; inelastic cities "contribute" to suburban growth. 11. Bad state laws can hobble cities. 12. Neighbors can trap cities. 13. Old cities are complacent; young cities are ambitious. 14. Racial prejudice has shaped growth patterns. 15. Inelastic areas are more segregated than elastic areas.
• 16. Inelastic areas that segregate Blacks segregate Hispanics. 17. City-suburb income gaps are more of a problem than overall income levels in metro areas. 18. Fragmented local government fosters segregation; unified local government promotes integration. 19. Dispersed and fragmented public education is more segregated than centralized and unified public education. 20. The global economy sets the rules, but local areas can decide how to play the game. 21. The smaller the income gap between city and suburb, the greater the economic progress for the whole metropolitan community. 22. Poverty is more concentrated in inelastic cities than in elastic cities. 23. Elastic cities have better bond ratings than inelastic cities. 24. Rebuilding inner cities from within has not happened. -- II. Characteristics of Metropolitan Areas. The Point of No Return. Cities without Suburbs -- III. Strategies for Stretching Cities. Three Strategies. Urban "Triage" Metro Government: A Definition.
• State Government Initiatives. Federal Government Initiatives. Citizen Initiatives -- Appendix: Central Cities and Metro Areas by Elasticity Category.

ISBN

• 0943875498 (cloth)
• 0943875501 (paper)

LCCN

93018815

OCLC

• 27810780
• ocm27810780

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries