How States Shaped Postwar America: State Government and Urban Power

Synopsis

The Urban Challenge -- Planning For Prosperity -- Nelson Rockefeller: America's Urbanist Governor -- Urban Planning And Redevelopment -- State Urban Redevelopment Policy -- State Capital Office Complexes And Cities -- The Challenge Of Regional Planning -- Transportation -- White-collar Rail: Mass Transit And Urban Prosperity -- State Government And The Metropolitan Highway Network -- Higher Education -- The Metropolitan State University System -- Unheralded Anchors: Center-city State Universities -- Metropolitan Housing -- Housing Finance Agencies Rethink Subsidized Housing -- The Sad Tale Of Decentralized Subsidized Housing -- States And The Limits Of Fair Housing Laws -- The Urban Consequences Of Deinstitutionalization -- The Environment -- Cities Of Sludge: The Urban Water Crisis -- Parks For City People -- Regional Recreational Planning. Nicholas Dagen Bloom. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.