Brookings: Experts - Myron Orfield

Economic and Racial Segregation in Greater Miami's Elementary Schools: Trends Shaping Metropolitan Growth

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT

An analysis of Miami-area schools shows that growth on the suburban fringe is increasing economic school segregation across the entire region.

American Metropolitics : The New Suburban Reality

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Myron Orfield's new work, American Metropolitics, applies revolutionary mapping and demographic research to an eye-opening analysis of the economic, racial, environmental, and political trends of the 25 largest metropolitan regions in the United Stat

Chicago Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Members of the U.S. Congress

Fri, 01 May 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Using the Chicago metropolitan area as an example, this report demonstrates how social and economic polarization within metropolitan areas hurts not only already ailing central cities, but also, low tax-base older, inner suburbs and developing suburb

Metropolitics : A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability (Revised Edition)

Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT

In this powerful book, Myron Orfield details a regional agenda and the political struggle that accompanied the creation of the nation's most significant regional government and the enactment of land use, fair housing, and tax-equity reform legislatio