Inner-City Poverty in the United States

by Committee on National Urban Policy and National Research Council

Book Overview

This volume documents the continuing growth of concentrated poverty in central cities of the United States and examines what is known about its causes and effects. With careful analyses of policy implications and alternative solutions to the problem, it presents: A statistical picture of people who live in areas of concentrated poverty. An analysis of 80 persistently poor inner-city neighborhoods over a 10-year period. Study results on the effects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309042798
• ISBN13: 9780309042796
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.