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| Introduction | |
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| Metropatterns | |
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| Schools and Tax Wealth: Leading Indicators of Community Health | |
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| Elementary Schools | |
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| Taxes | |
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| Measuring Fiscal Capacity | |
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| The New Suburban Typology | |
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| Poverty and Race in the Central Cities | |
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| Tax Capacity, Needs, and Costs in the Central Cities | |
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| The Myth of the Suburban Monolith | |
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| Cluster Analysis of Suburbs | |
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| Distribution of Community Types within Metropolitan Areas | |
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| A Comparative Analysis of Segregation, Fiscal Inequality, and Sprawl | |
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| Racial and Social Segregation | |
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| Why Should We Care about This Stratification? | |
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| Fiscal Inequality | |
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| Sprawl | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Metropolicy | |
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| Federal Urban Policy | |
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| The Political Nature of Urban Policy | |
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| Limitations of Federal Urban Programs | |
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| History of Major Federal Urban Policies | |
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| Fiscal Equity | |
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| Government Finance and Fiscal Disparities | |
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| The Pros and Cons of Promoting Regional Equity | |
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| Policies to Promote Fiscal Equity | |
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| An Agenda for Reform | |
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| Land-Use Reform | |
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| Existing State and Regional Efforts to Manage Growth | |
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| An Agenda for Reform | |
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| Metropolitan Governance Reform | |
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| Fragmentation of Metropolitan Governance | |
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| Toward More Effective Regional Governance | |
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| Federal Support for Regional Planning | |
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| Strategies for Moving toward Greater Regional Governance | |
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| Metropolitics | |
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| Metropolitics and the Case for Regionalism | |
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| Metropolitan Swing Districts | |
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| Making the Case for Regionalism | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| An Agenda for Regionalism | |
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| Place Regional Reform on Party Agendas | |
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| Build an Association of At-Risk Suburban Communities | |
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| Strengthen the Environmental Movement's Efforts to Reform State Land-Use Laws | |
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| Renew the Civil Rights Movement around a Campaign to End Housing Discrimination | |
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| Lessons on Regional Coalition Building | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Tax-Capacity Calculations | |
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| Tax-Base-Sharing Simulations | |
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| MARC Projects Completed or in Progress | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| Figure | |
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| Growth in Federal Spending for Selected Agencies and Total Federal Budget, 1980-99 | |
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| Tables | |
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| Local Taxes Available in the 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1998 | |
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| Central City Characteristics, Selected Years | |
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| Central City Characteristics as Percentages of Metropolitan Area Averages, Selected Years | |
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| Characteristics of the Community Types | |
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| Distribution of Community Types within Metropolitan Areas in the 1990s | |
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| Distribution of Office Space in 16 of the 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas | |
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| Segregation by Income in Elementary Schools: Dissimilarity Indexes for 1992 and 1997 | |
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| Racial Segregation in Metropolitan Populations and Elementary Schools: Dissimilarity Indexes, Selected Years | |
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| Measures of Inequality in Tax Capacity per Household in the 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1998 | |
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| Revenue Capacity Equity before and after Aid from State Governments | |
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| Tax Capacity: 1993 and 1998 Gini Coefficients | |
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| Urbanized Area and Population in the 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1970 and 1990 | |
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| State Aid to Municipalities and School Districts, 1996-97 | |
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| Revenue Capacity Equity before and after Aid from State Governments and Tax-Base Sharing | |
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| Political Fragmentation in the 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas | |
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| Geopolitical Fragmentation in the 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas | |
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| Relative Elasticity of Selected Central Cities, 1950-90 | |
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| Party Affiliation of State House Representative Districts in the 25 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1998 | |
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| Distribution of Swing Districts across Suburban Community Types | |
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| Box | |
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| Model State Comprehensive Planning Programs | |
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| Maps | |
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| Atlanta Region (Central Area): Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1997 | |
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| Atlanta Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| Denver Region (Central Area): Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1997 | |
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| Denver Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region (Central Area): Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1997 | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| New York Region: Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1997 | |
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| New York Region (Central Area): Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1997 | |
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| New York Region: Change in Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1993-97 | |
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| New York Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1993-97 | |
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| San Francisco Region (Central Area): Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1997 | |
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| San Francisco Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Elementary Students Eligible for Free Lunch, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| Atlanta Region (Central Area): Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1997 | |
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| Atlanta Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| Chicago Region (Central Area): Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1997 | |
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| Chicago Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| Denver Region (Central Area): Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1997 | |
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| Denver Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region (Central Area): Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1997 | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| New York Region (Central Area): Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1997 | |
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| New York Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| San Francisco Region (Central Area): Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1997 | |
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| San Francisco Region (Central Area): Change in Percentage of Non-Asian Minority Elementary Students, by School, 1992-97 | |
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| Atlanta Region: Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1998 | |
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| Atlanta Region: Percentage Change in Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1993-98 | |
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| Chicago Region: Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1998 | |
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| Chicago Region: Percentage Change in Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1993-98 | |
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| Denver Region: Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1998 | |
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| Denver Region: Percentage Change in Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1993-98 | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region: Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality, 1998 | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region (Central Area): Percentage Change in Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality, 1993-98 | |
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| New York Region: Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality, 1998 | |
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| New York Region (Central Area): Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality, 1998 | |
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| New York Region: Percentage Change in Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality, 1993-98 | |
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| New York Region (Central Area): Percentage Change in Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality, 1993-98 | |
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| San Francisco Region: Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1998 | |
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| San Francisco Region: Percentage Change in Tax Capacity per Household, by Municipality and County Unincorporated Area, 1993-98 | |
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| Atlanta Region: Community Classification | |
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| Chicago Region: Community Classification | |
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| Chicago Region (Central Area): Community Classification | |
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| Denver Region: Community Classification | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region: Community Classification | |
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| New York Region: Community Classification | |
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| New York Region (Central Area): Community Classification | |
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| San Francisco Region: Community Classification | |
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| Atlanta Region: Legislative Swing Districts | |
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| Chicago Region: Legislative Swing Districts | |
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| Denver Region: Legislative Swing Districts | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul: Legislative Swing Districts | |
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| New York Region: Legislative Swing Districts | |
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| San Francisco Region: Legislative Swing Districts | |
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul Region: Gubernatorial Race, 1998: Winner by Minnesota House District | |