First published in 1980 National Resources and Urban Policy critically examines how resource constraints affect urban development and urban policy making. With case studies from the United States, several European countries and Japan it brings themes like federal assistance programs; local government revenues; urban resources, the American capital market, and federal programs; urban investment controls in Britain; local government investment expenditures in West Germany; Japan confronts its cities; New York City fiscal crisis; public housing in metropolitan London; and restructuring the resource flow. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of urban politics, public administration, urban studies, public policy and political studies.
Edited by:
Douglas E. Ashford
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032516417
ISBN 10: 1032516410
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 15 June 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Politics, Policy, and Urban Resources in the United States 2. Federal Assistance Programs: The Politics of System Transformation 3. Autonomy and Dependence: The Maze of Local Government Revenues 4. Urban Resources, the American Capital Market, and Federal Programs Part II: National Constraints on Urban Resources 5. La Tutelle Financiere: New Wine in Old Bottles? Douglas E. Ashford 6. Urban Investment Controls in Britain 7. Effects of Federal and State Grants on Local Government Investment Expenditures in West Germany 8. Japan Confronts its Cities: Central-Local Relations in a Changing Political Context Part III: Urban Decisions and National Resources 9. National-Local Interaction and the New York City Fiscal Crisis 10. Options on the Metropolitan Fringe: Strategies of Airport Development 11. Implementing an Urban Strategy: The Case of Public Housing in Metropolitan London 12. Cities without Power: The Transformation of American Urban Regimes 13. Conclusion: Restructuring the Resource Flow Select Bibliography
