Supporting Shrinkage : Better Planning and Decision-Making for Legacy Cities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Michael P.

Contributor:

Hollander, Justin B.

Kinsey, Eliza W.

Chichirau, George R.

Burnett, Charla M.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Planning, Technology, and Shrinking Cities

1.1 Introduction: Policy, Planning Context, and Book Goals

1.2 Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities

Shrinking Cities

Race, Ethnicity, Shrinkage, and Distress

Social Justice, Equity, and Shrinkage

Vacancy and Abandonment

1.3 Sample Cities for This Book

1.4 Policy and Planning Technologies

Smart Cities

Big Data

Planning Support Systems

Data Analytics and Decision Science

1.5 The Roadmap for the Book

Notes

Chapter 2 What Can Data and Technology Do for Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities?

2.1 Planning Preliminaries

Traditional Rationalists

Corbusian Modernists

Incrementalists

Neo-Traditionalists/New Urbanists

"Just City" Proponents

Communicative/Collaborative Paradigm

Contemporary Trends

Where do Data, Models, and Technology Come in?

2.2 The Glass Is Half-Full: How Data and Technologies Can Support Sustainable and Equitable Urban Planning

Quality of Life

Technology-Enhanced Community Engagement

Web-Supported Democratic Participation

Analytics and Decision Modeling

Civic Games and Simulations

Social Media

Geographic Information Systems, Participatory GIS, and Extensions

Community-Based Research and Technology Design

Community-Engaged Operations Research and Community Data Analytics

Geodesign

New Models for Researcher-Community Collaborations

2.3 The Glass Is Half-Empty: Limits to the Benefits of Data and Technologies in Urban Areas

Political Disengagement, Social Isolation, and Unequal Technology Access of Minority and Underserved Communities

Lack of Recognition of Privilege, Inequity, and Community Exclusion in Planning Support Technologies

Lack of Trust

Unclear Beneficiaries of Big Data and Smart Cities

Third Spaces Are Not Available to All

Excessive Costs

Limited Resources and Technical Capacity

2.4 Can Data and Technology Do More Good than Harm for Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities?

Chapter 3 Three Shrinking Cities: History, Practice, Data, and Technology

3.1 Rationale for Selecting Cities

Themes of Sample Cities

3.2 Flint

Demographics and Continuing Shrinkage in Flint

Shrinkage Responses and Policy

Assessment

3.3 Baltimore

Demographics in Baltimore

Housing Segregation in Baltimore

Policy Responses

Development Revitalization and Relocation

Urban Greening and Sustainability Efforts

Comprehensive Strategies

Challenges and Critiques of Baltimore's Abandoned Housing Strategy

3.4 Fall River

A History of Fall River's Rise and Fall

What the Numbers Tell Us

3.5 Across Three Shrinking Cities: What Can We Learn?

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Chapter 4 Data and Modeling Preliminaries: An Application to Fall River, Massachusetts.

Other Format:

Print version: Johnson, Michael P. Supporting Shrinkage.

ISBN:

9781438483474

1438483473

Publisher Number:

40030669315

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