Toward a More Perfect Union : The Governance of Metropolitan America

by Conant, Ralph Wendell; Myers, Daniel J.

• ISBN13: 9780883165713
• ISBN10: 0883165716
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Chandler & Sharp Pub

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Robert J. Waste
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Intergovernmental Coordination	3	(2)
Local, Regional, State, and Federal Roles	5	(3)
Persistent Poverty	8	(1)
Potential for Improvement	9	(4)
The Urban Society	13	(22)
Defining ``Urban'': A Focus on the MSA	13	(2)
The Growing Urban Character of the United States	15	(2)
Suburbanization---Urban Populations Trends	17	(1)
The Increasing Importance of the Urban/Suburban Distinction	18	(3)
Urban Social Conditions and Problems	21	(6)
The Need for Coordinated Planning	27	(6)
Summary	33	(2)
Problems, Priorities, and Planning	35	(38)
Urban Problems and Priorities	36	(18)
Comprehensive Planning: A Tool of Regional Governance	54	(19)
Schism and Consensus	73	(24)
The Gap between Rich and Poor	73	(3)
The Urban/Suburban Shift	76	(2)
Segregation	78	(2)
Political Action for Equal Rights	80	(3)
Government Responsibility for Reform	83	(1)
Regional Policy Planning	84	(13)
Models of Local Government Reorganization	97	(16)
Two Models of the Urban Governmental Process	99	(3)
Implicit Objectives of the Two Models	102	(11)
Citizen Participation in Metropolitan Governance	113	(16)
The Modern Urban Condition	119	(6)
Beyond the 1960s	125	(4)
Federal Urban Planning Policy	129	(28)
Pre--New Deal Planning	130	(1)
FDR's New Deal: 1932--1945	131	(3)
The Postwar Period	134	(19)
Conclusions	153	(4)
New Communities in the Future of Urban Growth Policy	157	(22)
The History of New Communities	157	(2)
New Communities in the 1960s	159	(5)
1972---Nixon Turns Back the Clock	164	(1)
Where Are We Now?	165	(1)
Policy Implications	166	(13)
States' Responsibility for Urban Development	179	(28)
Areas of State Responsibility	180	(13)
Substate Planning and Administrative Districts	193	(10)
Conclusions	203	(4)
Toward a More Perfect Union	207	(32)
What Is Poverty?	212	(5)
Racial Discrimination and Housing	217	(3)
Troubled Schools in Inner Cities	220	(3)
The Future of Regional Health Planning	223	(1)
The Future Impact of New Technologies on Urban Regions	224	(3)
Growth Control---from the Bottom Up	227	(2)
New Cycle in the Urbanization of American Society: Reinvestment and Civic Enhancement of Cities	229	(3)
Substate Districts: Improving Planning and Delivery of Urban Services in the Twenty-first Century	232	(7)
Bibliography	239	(16)
Index	255