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Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
From the economic renewal potential of library development projects, to the provision of public space in a privatizing world, from services for the homeless to crisis management during urban disasters, Public Libraries and Resilient Cities explores the vital role that public libraries can play in the promotion of ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable communities in challenging times.
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
In this absorbing history, Jon C. Teaford traces the dramatic evolution of American metropolitan life. At the end of World War II, the cities of the Northeast and the Midwest were bustling, racially and economically integrated areas frequented by suburban and urban dwellers alike. Yet since 1945, these cities have become peripheral to the lives of most Americans. "Edge cities" are now the dominant centers of production and consumption in post-suburban...
13) Population change in central and outlying counties of metropolitan statistical areas: 2000 to 2007
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Series
Publisher
[U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau
Pub. Date
2009]