Cities in crisis: decay or renewal? (Inquiry into crucial American problems) - Hardcover

Tretten, Rudie W

9780131347182: Cities in crisis: decay or renewal? (Inquiry into crucial American problems)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131347187 ISBN 13: 9780131347182

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1970

American cities are in trouble. There are many reasons for this. Cities have been successful in attracting and keeping people, but the central sections of cities are growing older and have become racial and social class ghettos. The listing of problems covered in this book does not exhaust the catalogue of woes faced by our cities. In a book of this size, it is impossible to cover adequately all of the dilemmas created by our increasing urbanization. The treatment here deals primarily with the "ecology" of city life - the problems of our urban environment such as housing, air and water pollution, and transportation - and with the creation of model cities which should allow all Americans to life the "good life." Also touched on are jobs, the quality of city life, governmental institutions, and urban area planning. [From the Introduction]

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