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Urban Form in Europe and America
Full text linkWhy do America\u27s cities sprawl whereas European cities remain comparatively compact, and what difference do the patterns of urban development make? Pietro Nivola, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, addresses these questions. Nivola examines two kinds of determinants of urban form: (1) market forces, including those influenced by geography, demographics, and technological change, and (2) public policies shaping national transportation systems, tax policy, educational institutions, and more. He also discusses the implications of the different cityscapes for energy consumption
New Dimensions to Energy Policy. Edited by Robert Lawrence. (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1979. Pp. xiv + 233. $21.95.)
No full textMEASURING THE INEQUITY OF URBAN PUBLIC SERVICES METHODOLOGICAL DISCUSSION WITH APPLICATIONS*
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Making and Remaking State Institutional Arrangements: The Case of U.S. Trade Policy in the 1970s*
No full textThe Salient Implications of Geo-Strategic Policies on Stablizing the Oil Market in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region
No full textContracting as a Method of Enhancing Equity in the Delivery of Local Government Services
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