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Rethinking Urban Policy

Rethinking Urban Policy

Urban Development in an Advanced Economy

  • Éditeur: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309078627
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309533867
  • Lieu de publication:  United States
  • Année de publication électronique: 1983
  • Mois : Janvier
  • Pages: 232
  • Langue: Anglais
  • Rethinking Urban Policy
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1 Overview
    • A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY
    • FLEXIBLE POLICIES FOR CHANGING CITIES
      • The New Urban System
      • Basic Concepts for Urban Economic Strategy
      • Investing Private and Public Capital in the Urban Future
      • Investing in the Future of the Urban Labor Force
      • Stabilizing Metropolitan Economies
      • Fostering Local Institutions to Manage the Transition
    • RETHINKING URBAN POLICY
  • 2 The Economy and Cities
    • INTRODUCTION
      • Concentration Amidst Decentralization
      • Demography and Urban Change
    • THE SHIFT TOWARD SERVICES
      • Classifying Service Industries
      • Nonprofit and Government Services
      • The Growth of Producer Services
      • Consumer Services
    • BLUE-COLLAR CITIES, WHITE-COLLAR JOBS
      • Increasing the Proportion of ''Knowledge'' Jobs
      • Technology and the Future of Work
      • Segmentation of the Labor Market
      • Summary
    • THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING
    • REGIONAL GROWTH AND DECLINE
  • 3 The New Urban System
    • A CLASSIFICATION OF URBAN AREAS BY FUNCTION
    • COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTERS
      • Diversified Service Centers
        • National Centers
        • Regional Centers
        • Subregional Centers
      • Transformation in the Diversified Service Centers
      • Specialized Service Centers
        • Functional Centers
        • Other Specialized Service Centers
    • SUBORDINATE CENTERS
      • Consumer-Oriented Centers
      • Production Centers
    • IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW URBAN SYSTEM
  • 4 Basic Concepts for Urban Economic Strategy
    • RECONCILING NATIONAL, URBAN, AND SECTORAL INTERESTS
      • The Formation and Flow of Capital
      • The Distribution of Economic Opportunity
      • Economic and Social Stability
      • Expansion of Local Economic Opportunity
    • LINKAGES BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC MAINSTREAM AND THE PLACES AND PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND
    • TRANSITIONAL AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES
      • Transitional Strategy
      • Long-Term Strategy
    • CONCLUSION
  • 5 Investing Private and Public Capital in the Urban Future
    • INVESTMENT IN PRODUCTIVE SECTORS
      • Sectoral Policy and Its Critics
      • A Strategy for Sectoral Policy
      • Implications of Sectoral Policy for Urban Areas
    • INVESTMENT IN PLACES
      • Shifting from Distress to Opportunity
      • Leverage Capital
    • DEVELOPING A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INFRASTRUCTURE
      • The Need to Assess Need
      • Financing Urban Capital Improvements
      • Setting Priorities for Investment in Public Facilities
    • A FRAMEWORK FOR URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
      • Using Economic Leverage
      • Using Capital and Maintenance Budgets
      • Using Joint Development Techniques
      • Avoiding Ineffective Incentives
      • Using Regulations
      • Using Urban Design
    • CONCLUSION
  • 6 Investing in the Future of the Urban Labor Force
    • NEW JOBS, MORE JOBS, DIFFERENT JOBS IN DIFFERENT PLACES
      • The Geography of Cyclical and Structural Unemployment
      • Redundant Labor
      • The New Worker
    • LABOR MARKET POLICY OPTIONS
      • The National Market Approach
      • The Local Market Approach
      • The Places and People Left Behind
      • Declining Mobility
    • STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING WORKER MOBILITY
      • The Problem of Choice
      • Intermarket Job Information
      • The Canadian Job Bank System
      • A National Job Information and Mobility System
      • National Assumption of Welfare Costs
    • STRATEGIES FOR INVESTMENT IN HUMAN RESOURCES
      • Preparing People for Work
      • Keeping the Skills and Knowledge of Workers Up to Date
      • The Role of Higher Education
    • SUMMARY
  • 7 Stabilizing Metropolitan Economies
    • STRATEGIES FOR PRESERVING COMMUNITY INTEGRITY
      • Recognizing the Value of Community in Public Policy
      • The Use of Public Employment
    • EQUALIZING FISCAL CAPACITY
      • The Need for Local Capacity
      • Strategies for Equalizing Fiscal Capacity
        • A Cost-Effective Approach to Intergovernmental Transfers
        • Fiscal Equalization: the Experiences of Canada and West Germany
      • Conclusion
  • 8 Fostering Local Institutions to Manage the Transition
    • BUILDING A CAPACITY FOR URBAN INTELLIGENCE
      • Organizing the Intelligence Function
        • An Urban Council of Economic Advisers
        • Improving the Quality of Regional and Urban Data
        • Support for a National Urban Information Network
    • PUBLIC-PRIVATE LEADERSHIP
      • Differences in Public and Private Perspectives
      • The Importance of Stability
      • The Autonomy of the Urban Area
      • Models for Partnership
    • THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR
      • Seed Capital for Transition
      • The Catalytic Role
      • The Need for Cooperation
      • Developing Institutions
    • LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE
    • SUMMARY
  • 9 Rethinking Urban Policy
    • A POLICY FRAMEWORK
    • RETHINKING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
    • RETHINKING HOW URBAN POLICY SHOULD BE MADE
      • Federal Policy Processes
      • State and Local Government and Private Sector Processes
    • CONCENTRATING RESOURCES
      • The Strongest Sectors
      • The Least Resilient Areas
    • CONCLUSION
  • References
  • Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
  • Index

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