Big City Politics in Transition


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This volume examines how government and administration in America's largest cities have changed between 1960 and 1990. Each chapter traces demographic and economic changes over this vital, and at times turbulent, thirty year period explaining what those changes mean for politics, policies and the general quality of life. Analytic and comparative chapters extract patterns and variations which emerge from the city profiles. Each profile addresses common issues in socio-economic, coalitional, institutional, process, values and policy changes in the following American cities: Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.







Urban Renewal


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The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis


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Integrating topics in urban development, real estate, higher education administration, urban design, and campus landscape architecture, this is the first book to explore the role of the university as developer. Accessible and clearly written, and including contributions from authorities in a wide range of related areas, it offers a rich array of case studies and analyses that clarify the important roles that universities play in the growth and development of cities. The cases describe a host of university practices, community responses, and policy initiatives surrounding university real estate development. Through a careful blending of academic analysis and practical, hands-on administrative and political information, the book charts new ground in the study of the university and the city.




The Campus and the City, Maximizing Assets and Reducing Liabilities


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Monograph analyzing the impact of universitys and higher education institutions on community relations in urban area communitys of the USA - covers problems in meeting urban educational needs through access to enrolment in universities, in community colleges, and in new innovation-oriented institutions, and includes the role of universities in urban development, etc. Bibliography pp. 197 to 199, references and statistical tables.