Cities without Suburbs: A Census 2000 Update (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

By David Rusk and Rusk

Book Overview

First published in 1993, this analysis of America's cities should be of interest to city planners, scholars, and citizens alike. It argues that America must end the isolation of the central city from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930365144
• ISBN13: 9781930365148
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Must-read for city policy-makers and social activists

David Rusk, former mayor of Albuquerque, NM, puts his experience and research to work in this compelling report. In it, he connects the economic and practical success of America's urban centers with the degree of socioeconomic and racial segregation present in each. The result is a blueprint that local, state and federal officials can use to reverse the troubling trends in our cities. Specifically, he calls for metro-wide planning councils, city-county consolidation, aggressive annexation by older central cities, and changes to state and federal laws to create unified cities without suburbs. The text also includes numerous interesting case studies that demonstrate what, when practiced, his ideas are capable of. Easy-to-read, fascinating, and enlightening. David Rusk is talking. Are America's city officials listening?