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Redefining Metropolitan America: Key Trends and Implications for the Southwest

Robert Puentes
Robert Puentes is the Vice President and Director of Brookings Metro.
Robert Puentes Vice President and Director - Brookings Metro

June 7, 2005

In this presentation at the Southwest Regional Community Impact Assessment Workshop, Robert Puentes discussed the major demographic forces changing the United States, and how these major trends are affecting cities and suburbs with a particular emphasis on the Southwest.

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