Urban and regional policy and its effects
By: Margery Austin Turner, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman, editors.
Contributors: Turner, Margery Austin, 1955-; Wial, Howard.; Wolman, Harold.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780815786016
Subjects: Urban policy -- Congresses; Urban economics -- Congresses; Urban renewal -- Congresses; Regional planning -- Congresses; City planning -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Brings policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on urban and regional policy issues. Conceptualizes fresh thinking of different aspects (economic development, education, land use), presenting main themes and implications and identifying gaps to fill for successful formulation and implementation of urban and regional policy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Papers originally presented at a conference held at the Brookings Institution on March 29-30, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Margery Austin Turner, Howard Wial, and Hal Wolman; title: "Eds and meds" and metropolitan economic development / Timothy J. Bartik and George Erickcek; title: Low-income homeownership as an asset-building tool : what can we tell policymakers? / George C. Galster and Anna M. Santiago; title: Tax and expenditure limitations and their effects on local finances and urban areas / David Brunori ... [et al.]; title: Preschool education and human capital development in central cities / Clive Belfield; title: Can economically integrated neighborhoods improve children's educational outcomes? / Ingrid Gould Ellen, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Leanna Stiefel; title: Spatial development and energy consumption / Elena Safirova, Sebastien Houde, and Winston Harrington.