Urban and Regional Policy and its Effects

by Margery Austin Turner (Editor), Howard Wial (Editor), Harold Wolman (Editor)

Overview

"The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy. What do we know about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, or experiments on key social and economic problems facing cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas? What can we say about what works, what doesn't, and why? And what does this knowledge and experience imply for future policy questions? The authors take a fresh look at several different issues (e.g., economic development, education, land use) and conceptualize how each should be thought of. Once the contributors have presented the essence of what is known, as well as the likely implications, they identify the knowledge gaps that need to be filled for the successful formulation and implementation of urban and regional policy.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815786016
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/30/2008
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

"Margery Austin Turner directs the Center on Metropolitan Housing and Communities at the Urban Institute. Howard Wial is an economist in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Harold Wolman is director of the George Washington Institute of Public Policy and professor of political science and public policy and administration at George Washington University. He is also a nonresident senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings."

Table of Contents

Preface     ix
Introduction   Margery Austin Turner   Howard Wial   Harold Wolman     1
"Eds and Meds" and Metropolitan Economic Development   Timothy J. Bartik   George Erickcek     21
Low-Income Homeownership as an Asset-Building Tool: What Can We Tell Policymakers?   George C. Galster   Anna M. Santiago     60
Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Their Effects on Local Finances and Urban Areas   David Brunori   Michael Bell   Joseph Cordes   Bing Yuan     109
Preschool Education and Human Capital Development in Central Cities   Clive Belfield     155
Can Economically Integrated Neighborhoods Improve Children's Educational Outcomes?   Ingrid Gould Ellen   Amy Ellen Schwartz   Leanna Stiefel     181
Spatial Development and Energy Consumption   Elena Safirova   Sebastien Houde   Winston Harrington     206
Index     247