立场——辩证思维训练：城市研究篇

内容概要

《立场——辩证思维训练：城市研究篇》的编者迈伦•A.莱文是美国莱特里州立大学教授，主要研究地理学与城市问题。毕业于麻省理工学院，主修城邦政治、公共政策与区域合作；硕士研究方向为公共管理与城市问题研究，著有《城市政策：美国大都会的力量》等书，曾获美国全国人文学科捐赠基金及美国国家科学基金会资助在法国、德国等地开展教学和研究工作。

书籍目录

导读 英语思辨，攻错他山 朱绩崧 v

Preface xiii

Topic Guide xiii

Introduction xv

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

作者简介

《立场——辩证思维训练：城市研究篇》选取社会各方面的热门话题，从政府政策的推行及普通民众的生活切入讨论，所谈话题包括：城市规划与发展，如何解决交通堵塞，政府是否应采用破窗理论等；提供源自报刊、学术杂志等关于同一问题正反两方面的论证文章，培养对于同一观点的辩证思维能力和论辩技巧。

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