The Metropolitan Revolution; How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy

Katz, Bruce and Bradley, Jennifer

ISBN 10: 081572151X / ISBN 13: 9780815721512

Published by Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 2013

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xiv, 258 pages. Foreword by Judith Rodin. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Signed with sentiment by both authors on the half-title page. Inscription reads To a Fellow Metro Traveler, Bruce Katz Jennifer Bradley. Bruce J. Katz (born June 21, 1959) is an American lawyer, urban policy expert and author. He is currently the Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University, having formerly served as the inaugural Centennial Scholar and Vice President at the Brookings Institution. Katz advises federal, state, and local leaders on shifting demographic and market trends as well as on policies that are critical to metropolitan prosperity and new forms of metropolitan governance. Katz in 2006 won the 12th Annual Heinz Award for Public Policy. He was recognized for his work "re-imagining the function and value of cities and metropolitan areas and profoundly influencing their economic vitality, livability and sustainability". He served as chief of staff to Henry Cisneros, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, from 1993 to 1996. Jennifer Bradley is a senior fellow at The Kresge Foundation. Jennifer supports the American Cities Program at Kresge. She joined the foundation in 2021. Previously, Jennifer served as the director of the Center for Urban Innovation at the Aspen Institute, where she focused on inclusive innovation and equitable economic development strategies in cities. Jennifer has also held positions with the Brookings Institution, where she co-authored The Metropolitan Revolution and developed state-level strategies to support metropolitan economic growth. Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they're investing in infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority, and equipping workers with the skills they need. In The Metropolitan Revolution, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight success stories and the people behind them. --New York City: Efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy --Portland: Is selling the sustainability solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world Northeast Ohio: Groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes --Houston: Modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder --Miami: Innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations --Denver and Los Angeles: Leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises-- Boston and Detroit: Innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century. The lessons in this book can help other cities meet their challenges. Change is happening, and every community in the country can benefit. Change happens where we live, and if leaders won't do it, citizens should demand it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Metropolitan Revolution; How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081572151X
• ISBN 13: 9780815721512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Chick Azusa (Illustration)
• Edition: First Printing [Stated].
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won’t, or can’t, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders – mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists – are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they’re investing in infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority, and equipping workers with the skills they need.

In The Metropolitan Revolution, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight success stories and the people behind them. ·

New York City: Efforts are under way to diversify the city’s vast economy ·

Portland: Is selling the “sustainability” solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world ·

Northeast Ohio: Groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes ·

Houston: Modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder ·

Miami: Innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations ·

Denver and Los Angeles: Leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises ·

Boston and Detroit: Innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century.

The lessons in this book can help other cities meet their challenges. Change is happening, and every community in the country can benefit. Change happens where we live, and if leaders won’t do it, citizens should demand it.

About the Author

Bruce J. Katz is a vice president at the Brookings Institution and founding director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program.

Jennifer Bradley is a fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. She has written for The New Republic, the Atlantic Monthly, Democracy, and The American Prospect.