The majority of the U.S. population and jobs are now located in the suburbs. In this update of the 2003 edition, Rusk, a former mayor of Albuquerque and independent consultant on urban and
suburban policy, argues that the city encompasses the total metropolitan area and that governments must pursue policies that reduce racial and economic segregation to solve the ＂urban problem.＂
The volume includes data tables, and lists of successful city-county consolidations and characteristics of potential ones. Distributed by Johns Hopkins U. Press. Annotation ©2013 Book News,
Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
