Chapters

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The Future of Cities / Chapters

  1. Introduction: Welcome to the Urban Future

    By JOEL KOTKIN

  2. American Aspiration Is Metropolitan

    By RYAN STREETER

  3. The Urban Future: The Great Dispersion

    By WENDELL COX

  4. The Future of the Big American City Is Not Bright

    By SAMUEL J. ABRAMS

  5. The Future of Chinese Cities

    By LI SUN

  6. Africa’s Urban Future

    By HÜGO KRÜGER AND BHEKI MAHLOBO

  7. Recalibrating Expectations:  Lessons from Youngstown, Ohio

    By SHERRY LEE LINKON AND JOHN RUSSO

  8. Indianapolis

    By AARON M. RENN

  9. The Texas Triangle: An Emerging  Metropolitan Model in the Lone Star State

    By J. H. CULLUM CLARK

  10. The Evolution of New York City Politics

    By HARRY SIEGEL

  11. California’s Inland Empire:  Harbinger of the New Multiracial Suburb

    By CELIA LÓPEZ DEL RÍO AND KARLA LÓPEZ DEL RÍO

  12. Housing Unaffordability: How We Got There and What to Do About It

    By TOBIAS PETER AND EDWARD J. PINTO

  13. False Dawn: The Future of Work and Cities
    After the Illusions of Globalization

    By MICHAEL LIND

  14. A New Path for Black Urban Voters?

    By CHARLES BLAIN

  15. Utah and Salt Lake City Policy Innovations  in Homelessness, Poverty, and Health

    By NATALIE GOCHNOUR

  16. Next-Generation American Suburbs

    By ALAN M. BERGER

  17. Conclusion: Urban Futures

    By JOEL KOTKIN