Latino urbanism : the politics of planning, policy, and redevelopment / edited by David R. Diaz and Rodolfo D. Torres.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Diaz, David R.

Contributor:

• Diaz, David R., 1951-
• Torres, Rodolfo D., 1949-

Series:

• Democracy and urban landscapes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
• City planning--United States.
• Hispanic American neighborhoods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The nation’s Latina/o population has now reached over 50 million, or 15% of the estimated total U.S. population of 300 million, and a growing portion of the world’s population now lives and works in cities that are increasingly diverse. Latino Urbanism provides the first national perspective on Latina/o urban policy, addressing a wide range of planning policy issues that impact both Latinas/os in the US, as well as the nation as a whole, tracing how cities develop, function, and are affected by socio-economic change. The contributors are a diverse group of Latina/o scholars attempting to link their own unique theoretical interpretations and approaches to political and policy interventions in the spaces and cultures of everyday life. The three sections of the book address the politics of planning and its historic relationship with Latinas/os, the relationship between the Latina/o community and conventional urban planning issue sand challenges, and the future of urban policy and Latina/o barrios. Moving beyond a traditional analysis of Latinas/os in the Southwest, the volume expands the understanding of the important relationships between urbanization and Latinas/os including Mexican Americans of several generations within the context of the restructuring of cities, in view of the cultural and political transformation currently encompassing the nation.

Contents:

• Front matter
• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Barrios and Planning Ideology
• 3. Aesthetic Belonging
• 4. Placing Barrios in Housing Policy
• 5. Urban Redevelopment and Mexican American Barrios in the Socio-Spatial Order
• 6. A Pair of Queens
• 7. Fostering Diversity
• 8. Mexican Americans and Environmental Justice
• 9. After Latino Metropolis
• About the Contributors
• Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-2470-1

OCLC:

818818922