Urban spaces : planning and struggles for land and community / James Jennings and Julia S. Jordan-Zachery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jennings, James, 1949- author.

Jordan-Zachery, Julia S., 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--United States.

City planning.

Community development--United States.

Community development.

Corporate power--United States.

Corporate power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Urban Spaces is an interdisciplinary reader focusing on community-based versus corporate-based political and ideological struggles over the utilization of urban land and spaces.

Contents:

Determining the public good and evaluating local economic development : critique of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo v. new London decision / James Jennings, J. S. Jordan-Zachery

Pretexts, paranoia, and public space : rethinking the right to the city after 9/11 / Don Mitchell

Changing neighborhood : mobilization and community planning in Asian ethnic enclaves / Michael Liu and Kim Geron

Playing Cape Town : politics of stadium development for the 2010 World Cup / Tony Roshan Samara

Black community responses to hurricanes Hugo and Andrew : continuing struggles for land and social justice / David McBride

Revisiting the Roxbury master plan in Boston : key accomplishments for equity planning / James Jennings

The procedural fix in California and its implications for an equitable planning theory / Robert W. Smith

Contesting community development : promoters and critics / James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, and Eric Shragge.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-30516-3

0-7391-3746-8

OCLC:

876512488