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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457722203321

Titolo

Where are poor people to live? : transforming public housing communities / / Larry Bennett, Janet L. Smith, and Patricia A. Wright, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-69818-8

1-280-91221-9

9786610912216

0-7656-2172-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Cities and contemporary society

Altri autori (Persone)

BennettLarry <1950->

SmithJanet L. <1962->

WrightPatricia A

Disciplina

363.5/850977311

Soggetti

Public housing - Illinois - Chicago

Low-income housing - Illinois - Chicago

Public housing - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Our fight must go on" / Rene Maxwell. -- Introduction / Larry Bennett, Janet L. Smith, and Patricia A. Wright. -- I.  National and local context for public housing transformation.  Public housing transformation: evolving national policy / Janet L. Smith ; Public housing's Cinderella: policy dynamics of HOPE VI in the mid-1990s / Yan Zhang and Gretchen Weismann ; The HOPE VI program: what has happened to the residents? / Susan J. Popkin. -- II. On the ground in Chicago: reshaping public housing communities.  The Chicago Housing Authority's plan for transformation / Janet L. Smith ; Community resistance to CHA transformation: the history, evolution, struggles, and accomplishments of the Coalition to Protect Public Housing  / Patricia A. Wright ; The case of Cabrini-Green / Patrica A. Wright, with Richard M. Wheelock and Carol Steele ; A critical analysis of the ABLA redevelopment plan / Larry Bennett, Nancy Hudspeth, and Patricia A. Wright ; Relocated



public housing residents have little hope of returning: work requirements for mixed-income public housing developments / William P. Wilen and Rajesh D. Nayak. -- III. Learning from Chicago: prospects and challenges for policy makers.  Gautreaux and Chicago's public housing crisis: the conflict between achieving integration and providing decent housing for very low-income African Americans / William P. Wilen and Wendy L. Stasell ; Mixed-income communities: designing out poverty or pushing out the poor? / Janet L. Smith ; Downtown restructuring and public housing in contemporary Chicago: fashioning a better world-class city / Larry Bennett. -- Epilogue / Larry Bennett, Janet L. Smith, and Patricia A. Wright.

Sommario/riassunto

Shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments, and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities. This book focuses on Chicago, and that city's affordable housing crisis.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910897976603321

Autore

Morris Sidney A

Titolo

Calculating Chance: Card and Casino Games / / by Sidney A. Morris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

3-031-70141-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages)

Disciplina

519

Soggetti

Probabilities

Mathematical statistics

Applied Probability

Mathematical Statistics

Atzar

Probabilitats

Estadística matemàtica

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Finite Probability Spaces and Examples -- Permutations and Combinations -- Conditional Probability -- Stirling’s Approximation Formula and Improvements.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a gentle yet rigorous introduction to probability theory, with a special focus on finite probability spaces. Drawing inspiration from card games, casino games, mahjong, and two-up, it also delves into real-world applications such as weather forecasting, lotteries, hereditary diseases, and PCR virus testing. Discover which casino game gives you the best chance of winning and which one offers the worst odds. Assuming only a high school mathematics background, this book is an excellent resource for both students and teachers, providing clear explanations and engaging examples. The technical material is lightened with entertaining stories, such as how someone became a millionaire by spotting a flaw in a national lottery and how another person helped fund a war using winnings from a well-known card game he invented. Engaging and informative, this book is perfect for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of probability theory while enjoying some fascinating anecdotes along the way.