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Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself. Also includes four maps.

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Human Capital Investment for Central City Revitalization represents a departure from previous studies of urban revitalization which have concentrated on business-oriented discussions and strategies. This book focuses instead on ways in which the poor can be helped to improve their own situations and the central city itself. Rather than considering poverty to be a never-ending cycle, the authors discuss poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures. Human Capital Investment is presented as a way to alter those structures.

This book publishes results of a two year research project to analyze critical problems facing America's central cities, evaluate strategies to address those problems and recommend policy alternatives.