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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453804503321

Autore

Jennings James <1949->

Titolo

Urban spaces : planning and struggles for land and community / / James Jennings and Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-7391-3746-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Disciplina

307.1/2160973

Soggetti

City planning - United States

Community development - United States

Corporate power - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Determining the public good and evaluating local economic development : critique of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo v. new London decision / James Jennings, J. S. Jordan-Zachery -- Pretexts, paranoia, and public space : rethinking the right to the city after 9/11 / Don Mitchell -- Changing neighborhood : mobilization and community planning in Asian ethnic enclaves / Michael Liu and Kim Geron -- Playing Cape Town : politics of stadium development for the 2010 World Cup / Tony Roshan Samara -- Black community responses to hurricanes Hugo and Andrew : continuing struggles for land and social justice / David McBride -- Revisiting the Roxbury master plan in Boston : key accomplishments for equity planning / James Jennings -- The procedural fix in California and its implications for an equitable planning theory / Robert W. Smith -- Contesting community development : promoters and critics / James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, and Eric Shragge.

Sommario/riassunto

Urban Spaces is an interdisciplinary reader focusing on community-based versus corporate-based political and ideological struggles over the utilization of urban land and spaces.