New Visions for Metropolitan America - by Anthony Downs (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing.</p> <p>Copublished with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing.</p> <p>Copublished with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>In this timely book, Anthony Downs presents shrewd, economically sound alternative strategies to guide the development of America's metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution, endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P>" Provocative, probing, philosophical, policy driven--Tony Downs poignantly defines a future vision for America's building environment." --Rep. Marcy Kaptur<br><br><P>" Reading Downs on urban problems is like seeing a lawn mower operate for the first time, when you have been trimming the grass with a pair of scissors. He offers pithy summaries of the work of others, offers his own ideas, and uses a hard-headed economic perspective to assess alternatives. " -- "Planning"<br><br><P>"Down's presents a wealth of data and scholarship that will be invaluable to all students of urban issues." -- "Journal of Economic Literature"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p> <b>Anthony Downs </b> is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. His specialties are housing, real estate, real estate finance, metropolitan planning, demographics, and transportation. His books include <i>New Visions for Metropolitan America</i> (Brookings/Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 1994), and <i>Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion</i> (Brookings, 2004).</p>
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