The city after abandonment / edited by Margaret Dewar and June Manning Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dewar, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth), 1948-

Thomas, June Manning.

University of Pennsylvania. Press.

Series:

City in the twenty-first century book series

The city in the twenty-first century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--United States.

Urban renewal.

United States.

City planning--United States.

City planning.

Urban policy--United States.

Urban policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Penn Press e-books.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Global Downtowns weaves together rich cultural materials from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America to explore the most iconic space of modern urban imagery and identity. Essays bring diverse downtowns to life while probing deeper shared theoretical and pragmatic questions of power, division, consumption, and conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

I What Does the City Become After Abandonment?

Chapter 1 Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture as Antithesis to Abandonment: Exploring a Citizenship-Land Model / Laura Lawson Lawson, Laura, Abbilyn Miller Miller, Abbilyn 17

Chapter 2 Building Affordable Housing in Cities After Abandonment: The Case of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Developments in Detroit / Lan Deng Deng, Lan 41

Chapter 3 Detroit Art City: Urban Decline, Aesthetic Production, Public Interest / Andrew Herscher Herscher, Andrew 64

II What Makes a Difference in What Cities Become After Abandonment?

Chapter 4 Decline-Oriented Urban Governance in Youngstown, Ohio / Laura Schatz Schatz, Laura 87

Chapter 5 Targeting Neighborhoods, Stimulating Markets: The Role of Political, Institutional, and Technical Factors in Three Cities / Dale E. Thomson Thomson, Dale E. 104

Chapter 6 Recovery in a Shrinking City: Challenges to Rightsizing Post-Katrina New Orleans / Renin Ehrenfeucht Ehrenfeucht, Renin, Marla Nelson Nelson, Marla 133

Chapter 7 Missing New Orleans: Lessons from the CDC Sector on Vacancy, Abandonment, and Reconstructing the Crescent City / Jeffrey S. Lowe Lowe, Jeffrey S., Lisa K. Bates Bates, Lisa K. 151

Chapter 8 What Helps or Hinders Nonprofit Developers in Reusing Vacant, Abandoned, and Contaminated Property? / Margaret Dewar Dewar, Margaret 174

Chapter 9 Targeting Strategies of Three Detroit CDCs / June Manning Thomas Thomas, June Manning 197

III What Should the City Become After Abandonment?

Chapter 10 Strategic Thinking for Distressed Neighborhoods / Robert A. Beauregard Beauregard, Robert A. 227

Chapter 11 The Promise of Sustainability Planning for Regenerating Older Industrial Cities / Joseph Schilling Schilling, Joseph, Raksha Vasudevan Vasudevan, Raksha 244

Chapter 12 Rightsizing Shrinking Cities: The Urban Design Dimension / Brent D. Ryan Ryan, Brent D. 268

Chapter 13 Planning for Better, Smaller Places After Population Loss: Lessons from Youngstown and Flint / Margaret Dewar Dewar, Margaret, Christina Kelly Kelly, Christina, Hunter Morrison Morrison, Hunter 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780812207309

0812207300

OCLC:

822017931

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Restricted for use by site license.