Rethinking Urban Policy -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Overview -- A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY -- FLEXIBLE POLICIES FOR CHANGING CITIES -- The New Urban System -- Basic Concepts for Urban Economic Strategy -- Investing Private and Public Capital in the Urban Future -- Investing in the Future of the Urban Labor Force -- Stabilizing Metropolitan Economies -- Fostering Local Institutions to Manage the Transition -- RETHINKING URBAN POLICY -- 2 The Economy and Cities -- INTRODUCTION -- Concentration Amidst Decentralization -- Demography and Urban Change -- THE SHIFT TOWARD SERVICES -- Classifying Service Industries -- Nonprofit and Government Services -- The Growth of Producer Services -- Consumer Services -- BLUE-COLLAR CITIES, WHITE-COLLAR JOBS -- Increasing the Proportion of ''Knowledge'' Jobs -- Technology and the Future of Work -- Segmentation of the Labor Market -- Summary -- THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING -- REGIONAL GROWTH AND DECLINE -- 3 The New Urban System -- A CLASSIFICATION OF URBAN AREAS BY FUNCTION -- COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTERS -- Diversified Service Centers -- National Centers -- Regional Centers -- Subregional Centers -- Transformation in the Diversified Service Centers -- Specialized Service Centers -- Functional Centers -- Other Specialized Service Centers -- SUBORDINATE CENTERS -- Consumer-Oriented Centers -- Production Centers -- IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW URBAN SYSTEM -- 4 Basic Concepts for Urban Economic Strategy -- RECONCILING NATIONAL, URBAN, AND SECTORAL INTERESTS -- The Formation and Flow of Capital -- The Distribution of Economic Opportunity -- Economic and Social Stability -- Expansion of Local Economic Opportunity -- LINKAGES BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC MAINSTREAM AND THE PLACES AND PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND -- TRANSITIONAL AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES -- Transitional Strategy -- Long-Term Strategy -- CONCLUSION.

5 Investing Private and Public Capital in the Urban Future -- INVESTMENT IN PRODUCTIVE SECTORS -- Sectoral Policy and Its Critics -- A Strategy for Sectoral Policy -- Implications of Sectoral Policy for Urban Areas -- INVESTMENT IN PLACES -- Shifting from Distress to Opportunity -- Leverage Capital -- DEVELOPING A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INFRASTRUCTURE -- The Need to Assess Need -- Financing Urban Capital Improvements -- Setting Priorities for Investment in Public Facilities -- A FRAMEWORK FOR URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY -- Using Economic Leverage -- Using Capital and Maintenance Budgets -- Using Joint Development Techniques -- Avoiding Ineffective Incentives -- Using Regulations -- Using Urban Design -- CONCLUSION -- 6 Investing in the Future of the Urban Labor Force -- NEW JOBS, MORE JOBS, DIFFERENT JOBS IN DIFFERENT PLACES -- The Geography of Cyclical and Structural Unemployment -- Redundant Labor -- The New Worker -- LABOR MARKET POLICY OPTIONS -- The National Market Approach -- The Local Market Approach -- The Places and People Left Behind -- Declining Mobility -- STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING WORKER MOBILITY -- The Problem of Choice -- Intermarket Job Information -- The Canadian Job Bank System -- A National Job Information and Mobility System -- National Assumption of Welfare Costs -- STRATEGIES FOR INVESTMENT IN HUMAN RESOURCES -- Preparing People for Work -- Keeping the Skills and Knowledge of Workers Up to Date -- The Role of Higher Education -- SUMMARY -- 7 Stabilizing Metropolitan Economies -- STRATEGIES FOR PRESERVING COMMUNITY INTEGRITY -- Recognizing the Value of Community in Public Policy -- The Use of Public Employment -- EQUALIZING FISCAL CAPACITY -- The Need for Local Capacity -- Strategies for Equalizing Fiscal Capacity -- A Cost-Effective Approach to Intergovernmental Transfers.

Fiscal Equalization: the Experiences of Canada and West Germany -- Conclusion -- 8 Fostering Local Institutions to Manage the Transition -- BUILDING A CAPACITY FOR URBAN INTELLIGENCE -- Organizing the Intelligence Function -- An Urban Council of Economic Advisers -- Improving the Quality of Regional and Urban Data -- Support for a National Urban Information Network -- PUBLIC-PRIVATE LEADERSHIP -- Differences in Public and Private Perspectives -- The Importance of Stability -- The Autonomy of the Urban Area -- Models for Partnership -- THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR -- Seed Capital for Transition -- The Catalytic Role -- The Need for Cooperation -- Developing Institutions -- LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE -- SUMMARY -- 9 Rethinking Urban Policy -- A POLICY FRAMEWORK -- RETHINKING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT -- RETHINKING HOW URBAN POLICY SHOULD BE MADE -- Federal Policy Processes -- State and Local Government and Private Sector Processes -- CONCENTRATING RESOURCES -- The Strongest Sectors -- The Least Resilient Areas -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff -- Index.