Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
National Housing Policy Conference and Public Hearing
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Banking law
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Planning for the Unplanned
Author: Aseem InamPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131797252X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
How do cities plan for the unplanned? Do cities plan for recovery from every possible sudden shock? How does one prepare a plan for the recovery after a tragedy, like the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York? The book discovers the systematic features that contribute to the success of planning institutions. In cities filled with uncertainty and complexity, planning institutions effectively tackle unexpected and sudden change by relying on the old and the familiar, rather than the new and the innovative. The author argues that planning programs institutions were successful because they were bureaucratic, and relied on standardized routines, rigorous sets of established regimes, familiar programs, and institutionalized hierarchies. Also contrary to popular perception, neither the leaders at the top of the institutions nor those workers at the grassroots level were the most important in the implementation of such routines. The key actors were middle managers, because they knew the institutional structures inside out, what the routines were and how to use them, and were successful go-betweens between national governments and grassroots community groups. Case studies from Mexico City, Los Angeles and New York provide a deeper understanding of urban planning processes. The case studies reveal that systematic institutional analysis helps us understand what works in planning, and why. They also demonstrate the manner in which institutional routines serve as powerful and effective tools for addressing novel situations.
Architecture Series: Bibliography
Author: New Publications for Architecture Libraries
Author: Mary A. VancePublisher:
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Category : Architectural libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1672
Book Description
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting
Author: Governors' ConferencePublisher:
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Fixer-Upper
Author: Jenny SchuetzPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 081573929X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Practical ideas to provide affordable housing to more Americans Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation’s housing systems. Financially well-off Americans can afford comfortable, stable homes in desirable communities. Millions of other Americans cannot. And this divide deepens other inequalities. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, even life expectancy—are determined by where people live and the quality of homes they live in. Unequal housing systems didn’t just emerge from natural economic and social forces. Public policies enacted by federal, state, and local governments helped create and reinforce the bad housing outcomes endured by too many people. Taxes, zoning, institutional discrimination, and the location and quality of schools, roads, public transit, and other public services are among the policies that created inequalities in the nation’s housing patterns. Fixer-Upper is the first book assessing how the broad set of local, state, and national housing policies affect people and communities. It does more than describe how yesterday’s policies led to today’s problems. It proposes practical policy changes than can make stable, decent-quality housing more available and affordable for all Americans in all communities. Fixing systemic problems that arose over decades won’t be easy, in large part because millions of middle-class Americans benefit from the current system and feel threatened by potential changes. But Fixer-Upper suggests ideas for building political coalitions among diverse groups that share common interests in putting better housing within reach for more Americans, building a more equitable and healthy country.