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"This book illuminates not just the patterns of urban development on two continents but also their implications."—William Barnes National League of Cities In Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe, leading experts on urban development suggest in a series of essays that urban areas in the United States and Western Europe today have similar patterns of growth and face similar problems. Exploring the development of cities on both continents, this book looks at the very different relationships between local and central governments in the United States and Western Europe. Specifically, it examines how urban policies in each region affect the challenges presented by growth and population shifts. Contributing authors to the second edition of Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe look at strategies and priorities for the development of metropolitan areas, the dynamics of urban growth and change, and the effects of both decentralization and recentralization in urban areas. Taken as a whole, the analysis explores the efficacy of urban policies in the United States and Western Europe and provides clues on what each region might learn from the other. An overview of the book's analysis is presented in chapter 1.
Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe: Comparative Analysis and Policy, edited by Anita A. Summers, Paul C. Cheshire and Lanfranco Senn, is available from the Urban Institute Press (paper, ISBN 0-87766-683-0, $39.50). To obtain a copy call (202) 261-5687 or 800.537.5487.
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