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This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and race in the era of increased globalization. Whether intended or unintended, many government policies (housing, transportation, land use, environmental, economic development, education, etc.) have aided
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monografia Rebiun18701970 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun18701970 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 130909s2007 mduab ob 001 0 eng d 9780742571778 0742571777 9780742543294 0742543293 9780742543287 0742543285 NT eng rda pn NT OCLCE IDEBK TEFOD OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF YDXCP EBLCP DEBSZ TEFOD OCLCQ UNAV 305.896/073 22 The Black metropolis in the twenty-first century Recurso electrónico] :] race, power, and politics of place [edited by] Robert D. Bullard Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [2007] Lanham Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers xi, 282 p. il., mapas xi, 282 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 261-265) e índice Introduction: The significance of race and place / Robert D. Bullard -- The Black metropolis in the era of sprawl / Robert D. Bullard -- Structural racism and spatial Jim Crow / John A. Powell -- Residential apartheid America style / Joe T. Darden -- Dilemma of place and suburbanization of the Black middle class / Sheryll Cashin -- Walling in or walling out : gated communities / Edward J. Blakely and Thomas W. Sanchez -- Spatial mismatch and job sprawl / Michael A. Stoll -- Atlanta : a Black mecca? / Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres -- Black New Orleans : before and after Hurricane Katrina / Beverly H. Wright and Robert D. Bullard -- Health disparities in Black Los Angeles / J. Eugene Grigsby III -- Black political power in the new century / David A. Bositis -- Achieving equitable development / Angela Glover Blackwell This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and race in the era of increased globalization. Whether intended or unintended, many government policies (housing, transportation, land use, environmental, economic development, education, etc.) have aided Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Bullard, Robert D. Robert Doyle) 1946-)