Urban America
By: Roman Espejo, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780737752496; 9780737752502
Subjects: Urban renewal; City children; Urban youth; Crime; Public opinion; Social problems; Urban policy; City planning; Services for; Housing policy; City and town life
Description: This volume explores topics relating to urban reform by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. Urban reform refers to a loosely knit set of municipal government and citizen group initiatives aimed at improving city life. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: What problems are faced by urban America? --; title: The government can help end the cycle of urban poverty  -- Barack Obama; title: Government efforts to end urban poverty are counterproductive  -- Steven Malanga; title: Urban blight contributes to crime  -- Carolyn Y. Johnson; title: Urban blight does not contribute to crime  -- C.R. Sridhar; title: Urban homelessness is a serious problem for African Americans  -- Maco L. Faniel; title: New programs can help end urban homelessness  -- Ian Merrifield -- 2.; title: What government programs would improve urban America? --; title: Mixed-income public housing improves urban America  -- Charles Woodyard; title: Mixed-income public housing has not improved urban America  -- James Tracy; title: Urban rail transit benefits cities  -- Todd Litman; title: Urban rail transit does not benefit cities  -- Randal O'Toole -- 3.; title: How can the lives of urban children be improved? --; title: Curfews may reduce crime and protect urban youth  -- Martha Yeide; title: Curfews do not reduce crime and protect urban youth  -- Tony Favro; title: Charter schools can benefit urban students  -- Monica Rohr; title: Charter schools do not benefit needy urban students  -- Sharon Higgins and Caroline Grannan; title: Mentoring programs help urban youth  -- Leslie Talmadge; title: Not all mentoring programs are effective  -- Society for Research in Child Development -- 4.; title: What is the future of urban America? --; title: Smart-growth policies will improve urban areas  -- Neal Peirce; title: Smart-growth policies will harm urban areas  -- Randal O'Toole; title: Downsizing large cities can be beneficial  -- Brian J. Connolly; title: Downsizing large cities is harmful -- Roberta Brandes Gratz.