Alan A. Altshuler

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  • Community Control: The Black Demand for Participation in Large American Cities, 1970, ISBN   978-0672535178
  • The Urban Transportation System: Politics and Policy Innovation, 1979, ISBN   978-0262010559
  • The Future of the Automobile: The Report of MIT's International Automobile Program, 1985, ISBN   978-0262010818
  • Regulation for Revenue: The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions, with Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez and Arnold M. Howitt, 1993, ISBN   978-0309065535
  • Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America, 1999, ISBN   978-0309065535
  • Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment, with David Luberoff, 2003, ISBN   978-0815701286
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    1. "Alan Altshuler". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
    2. Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 19.
    3. "Acting Dean Appointed for Design School | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
    Alan A. Altshuler
    Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
    In office
    1971–1975
    Preceded by
    Peter G. Rowe
    Dean
    Harvard University Graduate School of Design

    July 1, 2004 – December 31, 2007
    Succeeded by