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Comeback cities : a blueprint for urban neighborhood revival / Paul S. Grogan, Tony Proscio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grogan, Paul S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban renewal--United States.
- Urban renewal.
- Environmental conditions.
- United States.
- Inner cities--United States.
- Inner cities.
- City planning--United States.
- City planning.
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- Community development--United States.
- Community development.
- United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 285 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Argument in Brief 1
- The Case for a Turnaround 11
- 1 The South Bronx: From the Bottom Up 15
- 2 Mass Exit: A Vision of Urban Doom 31
- 3 A Surprising Convergence of Positives 48
- The Grassroots Revival 63
- 4 "We Can Sure As Hell Do Better Than This" 65
- Emerging Markets 103
- 5 The Credit Revolution 107
- 6 New Stores-and New Customers-on Main Street 127
- Public Order 147
- 7 Taking Back the Streets 151
- Deregulating the City 175
- 8 The Fall (and Rise) of Public Housing 183
- 9 The Schoolhouse Door Opens (a Crack) 209
- 10 Slipping the Welfare Knot 225
- 11 The "Third Way" in City Hall 235
- Conclusion: Seizing the Moment 241.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813368138
- OCLC:
- 44131744
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