How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems—
poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic pollution, education, energy …

Many US cities have recently built or approved light-rail systems to combat congestion,
sprawl, and pollution. Critics questions light rail's ability to generate ridership in low-density …

The transition from prison to the community is not a new phenomenon. The vast majority of
prisoners are released to society and face the challenges of adjusting to the freedom …

A critical review of the current status of low‐income women reveals how patriarchy, violence,
and discrimination mitigates against their employment and contributes to their poverty. Myths …

Since the late 1980s there has been considerable interest in the intrametropolitan location of
economic activity. A growing number of studies examine in detail the spatial structure of …

This article examines the relationship between access to jobs, work activity, and welfare
receipt. We hypothesize that welfare recipients who live in closer proximity to employment …

Metropolitan regionalism may once again be on the American political agenda, after a hiatus
of a quarter of a century. Since the mid 1990s, a burgeoning ow of popular and academic …

Two significant trends have occurred in urban areas across the US during recent decades:
immigration and the decentralisation of employment. While each trend has been …

Section 8, the federal government's primary program for addressing the housing needs of
low‐income renters, is administered by thousands of local public housing agencies, most of …

There has been renewed interest in the possible use of employment programs for
disadvantaged male youth as a policy to reduce drug crime, but little evidence exists on the …