Books by Anthony Downs

Urban studies, economics, sociology, and political science perspectives on the exclusion from the suburbs of poor and minority populations. Provides a rationale and detailed program to address housing and urban problems.

Peak-hour traffic congestion has become a major problem in most U.S. cities. In fact, a majority of residents in metropolitan and suburban areas consider congestion their most serious local problem.

In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution; endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing.

Congested roads waste commuters' time, cost them money, and degrade the environment. Most Americans agree that traffic congestion is the major problem in their communities -and it only seems to be getting worse.

American cities are shifting collections of individual neghbourhoods. Thousands of residents move every year within and among neighbourhoods; their flows across a city can radically alter the character of its neighbourhoods. This book argues that such flows of residents are not random. Rather, they are closely linked to overall migration into or out of each metropolitan area and to the way US cities develop.