Walters, Stephen J. K.
Boom Towns : Restoring the Urban American Dream. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Even Detroit -- Chapter 1: What We've Lost-and Why -- Chapter 2: Fleeing Robin Hood -- Chapter 3: A 1-Percent Solution -- Chapter 4: The Conquest of Capital -- Chapter 5: A Better Climate -- Chapter 6: Things Fall Apart -- Chapter 7: Three Simple Rules -- Chapter 8: No Little Plans -- Chapter 9: Control Freaks -- Chapter 10: Reclaiming the Commons -- Chapter 11: Boom Commandments -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Boom Towns presents a bold analysis of the decline of American cities and a guide to restoring their vitality. Stephen J.K. Walters argues that urban leaders must enforce property rights in order to prevent the loss of vital capital - physical, human, and social - that helps cities and their residents to flourish.
9780804792271
Right of property -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Urban economics.
Urban policy -- United States.
Urban renewal -- United States.
Electronic books.
HT123
307.760973
Boom Towns : Restoring the Urban American Dream. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Even Detroit -- Chapter 1: What We've Lost-and Why -- Chapter 2: Fleeing Robin Hood -- Chapter 3: A 1-Percent Solution -- Chapter 4: The Conquest of Capital -- Chapter 5: A Better Climate -- Chapter 6: Things Fall Apart -- Chapter 7: Three Simple Rules -- Chapter 8: No Little Plans -- Chapter 9: Control Freaks -- Chapter 10: Reclaiming the Commons -- Chapter 11: Boom Commandments -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Boom Towns presents a bold analysis of the decline of American cities and a guide to restoring their vitality. Stephen J.K. Walters argues that urban leaders must enforce property rights in order to prevent the loss of vital capital - physical, human, and social - that helps cities and their residents to flourish.
9780804792271
Right of property -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Urban economics.
Urban policy -- United States.
Urban renewal -- United States.
Electronic books.
HT123
307.760973