Vulnerable communities : research, policy, and practice in small cities / edited by James J. Connolly, Dagney G. Faulk, and Emily J. Wornell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faulk, Dagney Gail, 1969- editor.

Connolly, James J., 1962- editor.

Wornell, Emily J., 1983- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small cities--United States.

Small cities.

Small cities--Economic aspects--United States.

Small cities--Social aspects--United States.

City planning--United States.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Scholars consider the present condition and future prospects of smaller US cities and towns struggling in the face of broad economic and social change. They offer a mix of ground-level analyses and more general examinations of the successes and failures of recent redevelopment policies and offer concrete ideas for local leaders engaged in redevelopment work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The perils of in-betweenness: fragmented growth in a Virginia small city / Henry Way

Building civic infrastructure in smaller cities: lessons from the Boston Fed's working cities challenge on paving the way for economic opportunity / Colleen Dawicki

Diversity in the Dakotas: lessons on intercultural policies / Jennifer Erickson

Shaking off the rust in the American South: deindustrialization, abandonment, and revitalization

in Bessemer, Alabama / William Grady Holt

The economic fortunes of small industrial cities and towns: manufacturing, place luck, and the urban transfer payment economy / Alan Mallach

Where do small cities belong? the case of the micropolitan area / J. Matthew Fannin and Vikash Dangal

Conceptualizing shrinking inner-ring suburbs as small cities: governance in communities in transition / Hannah Lebovits

Local government responses to property tax caps: an analysis of Indiana municipal governments / Dagney Faulk, Charles Taylor, and Pamela Schaal

Asymmetric local employment multipliers, agglomeration, and the disappearance of footloose jobs /

Michael J. Hicks

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-5017-6134-X

1-5017-6154-4

OCLC:

1264734600