Urban and regional policy and its effects

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Brookings Institution.
Group Author: Turner Margery Austin, 1955-; Wial Howard.; Wolman Harold.
Published: Brookings Institution Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: x, 257 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780815786016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815786018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: F290
CLC: F290-532
Call Number: F290-532/U722/2007
Contents: Papers originally presented at a conference held at the Brookings Institution on March 29-30, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Margery Austin Turner, Howard Wial, and Hal Wolman -- "Eds and meds" and metropolitan economic development / Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek -- Low-income homeownership as an asset-building tool : what can we tell policymakers? / George C. Galster and Anna M. Santiago -- Tax and expenditure limitations and their effects on local finances and urban areas / David Brunori ... [et al.] -- Preschool education and human capital development in central cities / Clive Belfield -- Can economically integrated neighborhoods improve children's educational outcomes? / Ingrid Gould Ellen, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Leanna Stiefel -- Spatial development and energy consumption / Elena Safirova, Sebastien Houde, and Winston Harrington.
"Brings policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on urban and regional policy issues. Conceptualizes fresh thinking of different aspects (economic development, education, land use), presenting main themes and implications and identifying gaps to fill for successful formulation and implementation of urban and regional policy"--Provided by publisher.