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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Large-city Finances in ...
Strong Towns
Author: Charles L. Marohn, Jr.Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119564816
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
City Government Finances in ...
Author: Compendium of City Government Finances in ...
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Big-city Politics, Governance, and Fiscal Constraints
Author: George E. PetersonPublisher: The Urban Insitute
ISBN: 9780877665731
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Big-city mayors and other political leaders face the triple challenge of assembling a winning political coalition; translating this into an effective governing coalition; and coping with a tightening local budget constraint. The challenge is still greater when elections have produced a change in ethnic control of local government, bringing into power new groups that want to use government spending to serve their constituents' demands but are resisted by those controlling the economic resources. This volume explores the political transition now going on in big cities. One group of chapters examines recent electoral politics in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Antonio, where different types of ethnic and class lines have been drawn, and where different strategies have been employed to adjust political machines to the new realities. A second group of chapters considers the business of governing under the conflicting pressures of community organizations, the press, the business community, and higher levels of government. A final group of chapters examines the fiscal and budgetary constraints upon big-city governments, and the difficulty that these governments, no matter how well motivated, face in generating jobs and economic opportunity for their political constituents.
City Finances, 1950. Series G-CF50-.
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
City Finances, 1947. Series G-CF47-.
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Determinants of Educational Expenditures in Large Cities of the United States
Author: Henry Thomas JamesPublisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
City Finances, 1948. Series G-CF48-.
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Large City
Author: Ursula K. HicksPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349023663
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description