The Metropolitan Revolution; How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy

Katz, Bruce and Bradley, Jennifer

ISBN 10: 081572151X / ISBN 13: 9780815721512

Published by Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 2013

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xiv, 258 pages. Foreword by Judith Rodin. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Signed with sentiment by both authors on the half-title page. Inscription reads To a Fellow Metro Traveler, Bruce Katz Jennifer Bradley. Bruce J. Katz (born June 21, 1959) is an American lawyer, urban policy expert and author. He is currently the Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University, having formerly served as the inaugural Centennial Scholar and Vice President at the Brookings Institution. Katz advises federal, state, and local leaders on shifting demographic and market trends as well as on policies that are critical to metropolitan prosperity and new forms of metropolitan governance. Katz in 2006 won the 12th Annual Heinz Award for Public Policy. He was recognized for his work "re-imagining the function and value of cities and metropolitan areas and profoundly influencing their economic vitality, livability and sustainability". He served as chief of staff to Henry Cisneros, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, from 1993 to 1996. Jennifer Bradley is a senior fellow at The Kresge Foundation. Jennifer supports the American Cities Program at Kresge. She joined the foundation in 2021. Previously, Jennifer served as the director of the Center for Urban Innovation at the Aspen Institute, where she focused on inclusive innovation and equitable economic development strategies in cities. Jennifer has also held positions with the Brookings Institution, where she co-authored The Metropolitan Revolution and developed state-level strategies to support metropolitan economic growth. Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they're investing in infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority, and equipping workers with the skills they need. In The Metropolitan Revolution, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight success stories and the people behind them. --New York City: Efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy --Portland: Is selling the sustainability solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world Northeast Ohio: Groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes --Houston: Modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder --Miami: Innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations --Denver and Los Angeles: Leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises-- Boston and Detroit: Innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century. The lessons in this book can help other cities meet their challenges. Change is happening, and every community in the country can benefit. Change happens where we live, and if leaders won't do it, citizens should demand it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Metropolitan Revolution; How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081572151X
• ISBN 13: 9780815721512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Chick Azusa (Illustration)
• Edition: First Printing [Stated].
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Innovation

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Synopsis

A revolution is stirring in America. Across the nation cities and metropolitan areas, and the networks of pragmatic leaders who govern them, are taking on the big issues that Washington won t, or can t, solve. They are reshaping our economy and fixing our broken political system.
The Metropolitan Revolution is a national movement, and the book describes how it is taking root in New York City, where efforts are under way to diversify the city s vast economy; in Portland, Oregon, which is selling the sustainability solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world; in Northeast Ohio, where groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes; in Houston, where a modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder; in Miami, where innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations; in Denver and Los Angeles, where leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises; and in Boston and Detroit, where innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century.
Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight these success stories and the people behind them in order to share lessons and catalyze action. This revolution is happening, and every community in the country can benefit.

About the Author

Bruce Katz is vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Before joining Brookings he served as chief of staff to then secretary of HUD Henry Cisneros. His books include Reflections on Regionalism (Brookings, 2000) and Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform (Brookings, 2005), which he coedited with Robert Puentes. He is a frequent media commentator on issues of urban and metropolitan policy. Jennifer Bradley is a fellow in the Metropolitan Policy program at Brookings Institution, where she is codirector of the Great Lakes Economic Initiative. Prior to joining Brookings she was director of the Federalism Project at Community Rights Counsel (now known as the Constitutional Accountability Center). A former journalist, she has written for the New Republic and the Atlantic Monthly.