Breakthrough communities : sustainability and justice in the next American metropolis / edited by M. Paloma Pavel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pavel, M. Paloma, 1951-

Series:

Urban and industrial environments.

Urban and industrial environments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--United States.

City planning.

Urban renewal--United States.

Urban renewal.

Community development, Urban--United States--Case studies.

Community development, Urban.

Sustainable development--United States.

Sustainable development.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Activists, analysts, and practitioners describe innovative strategies that promote healthy neighborhoods, fair housing, and accessible transportation throughout America's cities and suburbs.

Contents:

Series foreword / by Robert Gottlieb

Foreword / by Carl Anthony

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Roots of the regional equity movement and the reinterpretation of metropolitan space

Moving beyond apartheid in America's metro regions

From bootstrap community development to regional equity / Cynthia M. Duncan

Scaling up: regional equity and the revitalization of progressive politics / Angela Glover Blackwell and Manuel Pastor

Reinterpreting metropolitan space as a strategy for social justice / John A. Powell

Environment, transportation, and land use in the quest for racial justice

The roots of environmental justice / Peggy M. Shepard and Kizzy, Charles-Guzman

Addressing urban transportation equity in the United States / Robert D. Bullard

Race, class, and real estate / Sheryll Cashin

Geographic context, sustainability, and regional equity development and opportunity in small towns and rural communities / Cynthia M. Duncan and Priscilla Salant

Katrina is everywhere: lessons from the Gulf Coast / Amy Liu and Bruce Katz

Growing together, or growing apart? Central Labor Councils and Regional Equity (San Francisco Bay Area) / Amy Dean

Breakthrough stories and strategies in the quest for regional equity

Saying no to forces destroying the community

Rekindling hope in Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) / David Goldberg

Closing the gaps: the national vacant properties campaign / Don Chen

Neighbors building neighborhoods: community stewardship to revitalize mid-size cities (Rochester, New York) / Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr

Transforming brownfield communities: the Naugatuck Valley Project (New England) / Kenneth Galdston

Getting grounded in place, time, and community

Community activism for creative rebuilding of neighborhoods (Chicago, Illinois) / Mary Nelson and Stephen McCullough

Opportunity-based housing in Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia) / Steve Lerner

A regional approach to affordable housing / Hattie Dorsey

Preserving Heirsa property in coastal South Carolina (Charleston, South Carolina) / Faith R. Rivers and Jennie Stephens

Exploring new horizons: connecting local struggles to global and regional stories

LAX rising (Los Angeles, California) / Danny Feingold

Community benefits agreements: a strategy for renewing our cities / Greg Leroy

Reshaping a region after September 11 (New York Metro Region) / Robert Yaro, Chris Jones, Petra Todorovich, and Nicolas Ronderos

Faith-based organizing for metro equity in Detroit / Victoria Kovari

Values, vision, and message: the spirit of metro equity / Greg Galluzzo, Mike Kruglik, and Rev. Cheryl Rivera

Saying yes: framing regional collaborations to win

Bridging the Bay: university/community collaborations (San Francisco Bay Area) / Manuel Pastor, Rachel Rosner, Juliet Ellis, and Elizabeth Tan

Poor city, rich region: confronting poverty in Camden : from dependency to sustainability in Camden, New Jersey / Howard Gillette, Jr

The "inside game": a reinvestment strategy / Jeremy Nowak

The "outside game": can faith move mountain-less New Jersey? / David Rusk

Farms to schools: promoting urban health, combating sprawl, and advancing community food systems (Southern California) / Robert Gottlieb, Mark Vallianatos, and Anupama Joshi

Regional equity and the future of sustainable metropolitan communities

Building the capacity of the regional equity movement

Building the capacity of the regional equity movement / Angela Glover Blackwell and L. Benjamin Starrett

Reaching out to new strategic partners

Business, grassroots, and the regional agenda / Bart Harvey

Measuring success: using metrics in support of regional equity / David Rusk

Networking for social justice: the African American forum on race and regionalism / Deeohn Ferris

Sharing the new story: regional equity and strategic media / Andrea Torrice and Ellen Schneider

Uncovering global linkages for sustainable metropolitan communities

Climate change and the quest for regional equity / Van Jones

A global perspective: community-driven solutions to urban poverty / Celine Cruz and David Satterthwaite

Beyond segregation, toward a shared vision of our regions / Myron Orfield

Resources

Bibliography

Contributor bios

Authors' organizations

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-395) and index.

ISBN:

9786612694219

9780262303354

0262303353

9781282694217

1282694219

9780262255479

0262255472

OCLC:

435526704

Publisher Number:

9786612694219