The new urban crisis : how our cities are increasing inequality, deepening segregation, and failing the middle class--and what we can do about it
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Florida, Richard L.,
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New York : Basic Books, [2017].
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In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to anticipate this back-to-the-city movement in his groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, demonstrates how the same forces that power the growth of the world's superstar cities also generate their vexing challenges: gentrification, unaffordability, segregation, and inequality. Meanwhile, many more cities still stagnate, and middle-class neighborhoods everywhere are disappearing. Our winner-take-all cities are just one manifestation of a profound crisis in today's urbanized knowledge economy. A bracingly original work of research and analysis, The New Urban Crisis offers a compelling diagnosis of our economic ills and a bold prescription for more inclusive cities capable of ensuring growth and prosperity for all.

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xx, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780465079742, 0465079741

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-292) and index.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Florida, R. L. (2017). The new urban crisis: how our cities are increasing inequality, deepening segregation, and failing the middle class--and what we can do about it . Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Florida, Richard L.. 2017. The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class--and What We Can Do About It. New York: Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Florida, Richard L.. The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class--and What We Can Do About It New York: Basic Books, 2017.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Florida, R. L. (2017). The new urban crisis: how our cities are increasing inequality, deepening segregation, and failing the middle class--and what we can do about it. New York: Basic Books.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Florida, Richard L.. The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class--and What We Can Do About It Basic Books, 2017.

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