Issue 1.Does Neighborhood Gentrification Benefit the Inner-City Poor? 1
Issue 2.Should State Governments Impose Strong Limitations on the Ability of Cities to Use Eminent Domain Powers for Economic Development Purposes? 39
Issue 3.Should Cities Rely on Tax Increment Financing(TIF)as a Primary Tool in Their Efforts to Promote Local Economic Development? 66
Issue 4.Does Broken-Windows Policing Reduce Crime? 95
Issue 5.Did the Government's Regulation of Lending Institutions Under the Community Reinvestment Act Lead to the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis? 132
Issue 6.Should U.S.Cities Adopt a System of“Congestion Pricing”to“Tame”Traffic? 165
Issue 7.Should the United States Invest in High-Speed Intercity Rail? 193
Issue 8.Is Urban Sprawl a Sufficiently Important Problem to Merit Government Corrective Action? 230
Issue 9.Do Portland-Style Smart Growth Policies Raise Housing Prices and Hurt Urban Livability? 261
Issue 10.Does New Urbanism Represent a Viable Strategy That Can Transform Suburban Communities? 296
Contributors to This Volume 322