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Marketing schools, marketing cities : who wins and who loses when schools become urban amenities /

Discuss real estate with any young family and the subject of schools is certain to come up-in fact, it will likely be a crucial factor in determining where that family lives. Not merely institutions of learning, schools have increasingly become a sign of a neighborhood's vitality, and city plan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cucchiara, Maia Bloomfield
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Discuss real estate with any young family and the subject of schools is certain to come up-in fact, it will likely be a crucial factor in determining where that family lives. Not merely institutions of learning, schools have increasingly become a sign of a neighborhood's vitality, and city planners have ever more explicitly promoted "good schools" as a means of attracting more affluent families to urban areas, a dynamic process that Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara critically examines in Marketing Schools, Marketing Cities. Focusing on Philadelphia's Center City Scho
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.
ISBN:9780226016962
022601696X
9781299384521
1299384528