This article describes the population forces that caused US metropolitan areas to grow
rapidly after 1940 but caused falling population in many large older cities. It shows why the …

America's inner cities, particularly those in older industrial metropolitan areas, have declined
sharply in both population and employment over the past two decades. How much of this …

American cities are shifting collections of individual neghborhoods. Thousands of residents
move every year within and among neighborhoods; their flows across a city can radically …

The American metropolis at century's end is vastly different than what many expected just 50
years ago. At mid‐century, seers envisioned a clean, rationally planned city of the future …

Two national phenomena, economic transformation and the baby boom's young
households, have brought new life to the Boston economy and that of other cities. The …

This paper provides an account of recent urban change and policy initiatives in the US. The
paper describes how processes of global change have impacted upon economic activity …

The pattern of suburban growth and decline of older neighborhoods within metropolitan
areas is often seen as inevitable. However, these processes are shaped, in a significant …

The social and economic decline of first-tier suburbs has emerged as an important issue in
metropolitan America, yet little is known about the political and policy responses to this …

Changes in settlement patterns during this century have followed two well-established
trends: on a national scale a centripetal one toward metropolitan concentration, and on a …

This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and
suburbs play in US metropolitan areas. It explores the history of cities and suburbs, their …