Greening the Black urban regime : the culture and commerce of sustainability in Detroit / Alesia Montgomery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Alesia, author.

Series:

Great Lakes books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--Michigan--Detroit.

Urban renewal.

Sustainable development--Michigan--Detroit.

Sustainable development.

Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions.

Detroit (Mich.).

Social conditions.

Michigan--Detroit.

Physical Description:

x, 317 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2020]

Summary:

Describes the struggle to shape green redevelopment in Detroit.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. Empire And The Garden

Why Doesn't Black Political Power Save Black Lives?

Defining "Sustainability" and "Just Sustainability"

Power Constellations, Practice Theory, and "Getting Woke"

About Me and the Study

II. Paradise Lost

Sankofa and the Angel of History

Interior Architecture of Minoritized Space

Narrative of the Fall

The One

State of the City

III. Redemption

Downtown: "Bringing Hudson Back"

The Corridor: "Being Open"

The Neighborhoods: "Putting the Neighbor Back in the `Hood'"

The Transnational: "Another World Is Possible"

IV. The Forum

Detroit Works Begins: "Fear Factor"

Phase One "Democracy Is Noisy"

Phase Two "This Is a Conversation?"

Side Conversations: "Money Talks"

V. Consilium Principis

"Co-Creating the Good" in the "Just City"

Justice-Speak in City Plans

VI. Naming The Baby

The Black Empire Strikes Back

Listen to the Rain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814346510

9780814346518

0814346502

9780814346501

OCLC:

1114345550