Description |
x, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
The emergence of maturity in metropolis / Charles L. Leven -- The current halt in the metropolitan phenomenon / William Alonso -- Social processes and social policy in the stable metropolis / James S. Coleman -- The declining metropolis : patterns, problems and policies in Britain and mainland Europe / Peter Hall and David Metcalf -- Metropolitan development in Poland and implications for America / Piotr Korcelli -- The central city in the postindustrial age / Harvey S. Perloff -- Tomorrow's agglomeration economies / Norman Macrae -- Transportation and land use in the mature metropolis / Alex Anas and Leon N. Moses -- Environmental problems in the mature metropolis / Edwin S. Mills, Daniel Feenberg, and Randall Zisler -- Metropolitan governance and the mature metropolis / Alan K. Campbell -- The role of neighborhoods in the mature metropolis / M. Leanne Lachman and Anthony Downs -- Public sector investment strategies in the mature metropolis / Dick Netzer -- "Basic" economic activities in metropolis / Harry W. Richardson -- The economically disadvantaged in the mature metropolis / Robert C. Holland and Charles L. Leven |
Analysis |
Metropolitan regions Social aspects Conference proceedings |
Notes |
Contains essays commissioned by the Institute for Urban and Regional Studies, Washington University, St. Louis, for a symposium held in St. Louis on June 6-8, 1977 |
Subject |
Cities and towns.
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Author |
Leven, Charles L., 1928-
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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Institute for Urban and Regional Studies.
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LC no. |
77010363 |
ISBN |
0669018449 |
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