Document Type
Lecture
Publication Date
2-24-2016
Publisher
Brookings Mountain West
Abstract
Today, suburbs are home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country. Regions like Las Vegas have been at the forefront of that trend since 2000. Elizabeth Kneebone, co-author of the book Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, will discuss the rapid growth of poverty and concentrated disadvantage in the suburbs; how these trends intersect with the changing location of affordable housing, services, transit, and jobs; and what the changing geography of poverty means for policymakers and practitioners in Nevada working to promote economic opportunity throughout the state.
Keywords
Nevada--Las Vegas Metropolitan Area; Poverty--Government policy; Suburbs--Economic aspects; Urban economics
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Social Policy | Social Welfare | Urban Studies
File Format
File Size
5.583 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Kneebone, E.
(2016).
The Changing Geography of Poverty & Opportunity in Nevada.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/brookings_lectures_events/90
Confronting Suburban Poverty in Metropolitan Las Vegas
Included in
Economic Policy Commons, Social Policy Commons, Social Welfare Commons, Urban Studies Commons
Comments
Elizabeth Kneebone is a Metropolitan Studies fellow with the Brookings Institution.
This public lecture, sponsored by Brookings Mountain West, was delivered on February 24, 2016, in Greenspun Hall, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
Downloadable files associated with this event are:
"The Changing Geography of Poverty & Opportunity in Nevada", mp4 file
"Confronting Suburban Poverty in Metropolitan Las Vegas," 31 PowerPoint slides