Rebuilding urban neighborhoods : achievements, opportunities, and limits / / W. Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, editors

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif, : Sage Publications, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 236 p.) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 304.3/416/0973
• Soggetto topico: Urban renewal - United States; Community development, Urban - United States
• Altri autori: KeatingW. Dennis (William Dennis) KrumholzNorman
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction; The Decline of Urban Neighborhoods; Federal Intervention; Federal Cutbacks; Cities and Distressed Neighborhoods: Case Studies; Conclusion; Chapter 2 - Federal Policy and Poor Urban Neighborhoods; Introduction; The Progressive Era; The Liberal New Deal; Urban Renewal; The 1960s: Urban Riots and Ambitious Federal Programs; A Shift to the Right: The New Federalism; HUD and the Neighborhoods; Lenders and Investment in Poor Neighborhoods: HMDA and CRA; The 1992 Los Angeles Riot and Empowerment Zones ; Conclusion; Urban Redevelopment Initiatives; Chapter 3 - Atlanta: Peoplestown--Resilience and Tenacity Versus Institutional Hostility; Early History; Expressways and Neighborhood Destruction I; Urban Renewal; Peoplestown Organizes; Expressways and Neighborhood Destruction II; The Olympic Stadium; Summerhill's Deal With the Regime; Peoplestown Mobilizes Opposition; The Consequences of Opposition; Indigenous Development; Future Prospects; Chapter 4 - Camden, New Jersey: Urban Decay and the Absence of Public-Private Partnerships; Introduction; Background; Mayor Randy Primas Tries to Rebuild Camden ; The Administration of Dr. Arnold Webster; How Camden Might Improve Its Record in Urban Revitalization; Conclusion; Chapter 5 - Chicago: Community Building on Chicago's West Side-North Lawndale, 1960-1997; Introduction; A History of North Lawndale; Civil Rights and Community Organizing; Planning and a Community Development Corporation; Faith, Markets, and Community Building; Lawndale Christian Development Corporation; Homan Square; The Steans Family Foundation; North Lawndale's Past and Future; Chapter 6 - Cleveland: The Hough and Central Neighborhoods-Empowerment Zones and Other Urban Policies ; Cleveland: An Overview; Hough; Central; Empowerment Zones; Chapter 7 - Detroit: Staying the Course-Detroit's Struggle to Revitalize the Inner City; Detroit's Revitalization Experience: Common Themes; Urban Redevelopment; Urban Renewal; The War on Poverty; Model Cities; Community Development Block Grant Program; Public Housing; The Empowerment Zone; Private Sector Partnerships; Citizen Participation; Prognosis; Can Archer Deliver?; Can Programs Make a Difference?; The City and Support of Poor Neighborhoods ; Chapter 8 - East St. Louis, Illinois: Promoting Community Development Through Empowerment Planning; The Economic Collapse of East St. Louis; Initiating the Empowerment Process in Winstanley/ Industry Park; Formulating Neighborhood Goals for Winstanley/ Industry Park; Creating the Illinois Avenue Playground; Devising the Neighborhood Stabilization Plan; Establishing the East St. Louis Farmers Market; Improving Winstanley/Industry Park's Housing Stock; Building Organizational Capacity for WIPNO; Predicting the Future of Local Community-Based Planning Efforts; Conclusions; Chapter 9 - Los Angeles: Borders to Poverty-Empowerment Zones and Spatial Politics of Development
• Sommario/riassunto: Reporting the progress in the fight against the ingrained poverty and social problems of many areas within the US, this text includes case studies from many cities which highlight the achievements in such communities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rebuilding urban neighborhoods
• ISBN: 0-7619-0691-6; 1-322-41563-3; 1-4522-6341-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811223803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cities & planning series.