New visions for metropolitan America - Downs, Anthony (Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution ; Cambridge, Mass. : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1994)
1. Why We Need a New Vision -- 2. Factors Affecting Growth -- 3. Local Growth Management Policies -- 4. Links between Central Cities and Suburbs -- 5. Urban Decline and Inner-City Problems -- 6. Policy Strategies for Large Cities -- 7. Alternative Visions of Growth -- 8. Elements of the Alternative Visions -- 9. Offsetting Fragmented Land Use Powers -- 10. The Politics of Choosing among Visions -- App. A. Paradigms for Metropolitan Growth -- App. B. Comment on The Myth of America's Underfunded Cities -- App. C. Comment on The Next American Metropolis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-250) and index.
Keywords: Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth; Metropolitan areas -- United States; Urban policy -- United States