{"product_id":"fragile-neighborhoods-9780316521390","title":"Fragile Neighborhoods","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation, starting with the places we call home (Richard Florida, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Creative Class\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet too many of us live in  neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration, addiction, alienation, and despair. Even the wealthiest neighborhoods are not immune; while poverty exacerbates these challenges, they exist in zip codes rich and poor, rural and urban, and everything in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFragile Neighborhoods\u003c\/i\u003e, fragile states expert Seth D. Kaplan offers a bold new vision for addressing social decline in America, one zip code at a time. By rev\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401710641495,"sku":"9780316521390","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780316521390.jpg?v=1730478285","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fragile-neighborhoods-9780316521390","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}