Introduction : city prospects, city policies / Robert P. Inman -- The city economy : the death and life of cities / Edward L. Glaeser -- Transportation : urban transportation policy / Kenneth A. Small -- Space : the design of the urban environment / Witold Rybczynski -- Housing : urban housing...

Making Cities Work brings together leading writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transportation,...

With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...