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Regions That WorkHow Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together\nAuthor(s): Manuel Pastor Jr., Peter Dreier, J. Eugene Grigsby Iii, Marta Lopez-Garza\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816633401, 978-0816633401\nSynopsis\n\""A remarkable and timely book. . . . Must reading.\"" William Julius Wilson\n\nOffering a new vision of community-based regionalism, this book arrives just as \""smart growth\"" measures and other attempts to link cities and suburbs are beginning to make their mark on the political and analytical scene. The authors make a powerful case for emphasizing equity, arguing that metropolitan areas must reduce poverty in order to grow and that low-income individuals must make regional connections in order to escape poverty. \n\nA hard-hitting analysis of Los Angeles demonstrates that the roots of the unrest of 1992 lay in regional economic deterioration and that the recovery was slowed by.