Detroit : three pathways to revitalization / Lewis D. Solomon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solomon, Lewis D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools.

Detroit (Mich.)--Economic conditions.

Detroit (Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions.

Public schools--Michigan--Detroit.

Economic history.

Social history.

Michigan--Detroit.

Physical Description:

xv, 156 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

As more water infrastructure shifts from public- to private-sector control, vendors, consultants, and facilities are taking on more importance. Lewis D. Solomon presents an historical overview of water supply and treatment needs and the role of the government, including how water policy has been crafted. He argues that water scarcity is becoming a problem due to groundwater depletion, contamination, and patterns of consumption. He examines the impact of climate change on water availability and quality considering voluntary conservation programs and mandatory restrictions for water use. Solomon proposes privatization as a viable response to Americas water crisis that can address both scarcity and capital problems. Cycles of Poverty and Crime in America's Inner Cities Lewis D. Solomon, Despite the best hopes of the past half century black urban pathologies persist in America. The inner cities remain concentrations of the uneducated, unemployed, underemployed, and unemployable. Many fail to stay in school and others choose lives of drugs, violence, and crime. Most do not marry, leading to single-parent households and children without a father figure. The cycle repeats itself generation after generation. It is easy to argue that nothing works, given the policy failures of the past. For Lewis D. Solomon, fatalism is not acceptable. Rather than abandon the black urban underclass, Solomon presents strategies and programs to rebuild lives and revitalize America's inner cities. These approaches are neither government oriented nor dependent on federal intervention, and they are not futuristic. Focusing on rehabilitative efforts, Solomon describes workforce development, prisoner reentry, and the role of nonprofit organizations. Solomon's strategies focus on the need to improve the quality of America's workforce through building human capital at the socioeconomic bottom. Book jacket.

Contents:

Detroit's challenges

Detroit's substantial assets

Struggling to deal with Detroit's financial crisis

Rightsizing Detroit's public sector

Reviving the Detroit Public School District

Economic development through corporate relocations, financial repopulation incentives, and public-private partnerships

Economic development through entrepreneurship and the creative class

The potential role of an alternative political economy sector in Detroit's revival

Conclusion : evaluating the likelihood of success.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412851961

1412851963

OCLC:

829645876