Title: The wealth of cities : revitalizing the centers of American life /
Authors: Norquist, John O.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Cities and towns United States.; Urban policy United States; Urban renewal United States
Abstract: Charleston, South Carolina, and its police chief and mayor are mentioned in this look at the "efforts of pioneering communities that have decided to take the future into their own hands."--Jacket.
Contents: You can't build a city on pity -- How to cut government spending and live to tell about it -- Safe haven -- Work and the city -- The best schools -- How the government killed affordable housing -- City-states -- Clean city, rich city -- U.S. autobahns -- The new urbanism -- Lessons in civil life.