Demographic and Ecological Correlates of the Changing Structure of American Cities
Title | Demographic and Ecological Correlates of the Changing Structure of American Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Heinz John Graalfs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Cities and towns |
ISBN |
Cities Transformed
Title | Cities Transformed PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 551 |
Release | 2003-05-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309088623 |
Virtually all of the growth in the world's population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of this transformation present many challenges. A new cast of policy makers is emerging to take up the many responsibilities of urban governanceâ€"as many national governments decentralize and devolve their functions, programs in poverty, health, education, and public services are increasingly being deposited in the hands of untested municipal and regional governments. Demographers have been surprisingly slow to devote attention to the implications of the urban transformation. Drawing from a wide variety of data sources, many of them previously inaccessible, Cities Transformed explores the implications of various urban contexts for marriage, fertility, health, schooling, and children's lives. It should be of interest to all involved in city-level research, policy, planning, and investment decisions.
Sociology Dissertations in American Universities, 1893-1966
Title | Sociology Dissertations in American Universities, 1893-1966 PDF eBook |
Author | G. Albert Lunday |
Publisher | Commerce : East Texas State University |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
ISBN |
Population Redistribution and Socioeconomic Differentiation Within Negro Areas of American Cities
Title | Population Redistribution and Socioeconomic Differentiation Within Negro Areas of American Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Wilfred George Marston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN |
American Doctoral Dissertations
Title | American Doctoral Dissertations PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Dissertation abstracts |
ISBN |
Theses and Dissertations Accepted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Advanced Degrees at the University of Washington, 1946/47 - 1955/56
Title | Theses and Dissertations Accepted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Advanced Degrees at the University of Washington, 1946/47 - 1955/56 PDF eBook |
Author | Washington State University |
Publisher | |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
ISBN |
The Nature of Cities
Title | The Nature of Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer S. Light |
Publisher | |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2009-05-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Honorable Mention, 2009 Lewis Mumford Prize, Society for City and Regional Planning History In the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the country’s political life. For prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, this obsession with the agrarian past inspired a new campaign for urban reform. They called for ongoing programs of natural resource management to be extended to maintain and improve cities. Jennifer S. Light finds a new understanding of the history of urban renewal in the United States in the rise and fall of the American conservation movement. The professionals Light examines came to view America’s urban landscapes as ecological communities requiring scientific management on par with forests and farms. The Nature of Cities brings together environmental and urban history to reveal how, over four decades, this ecological vision shaped the development of cities around the nation.