Since the 1950s and the advance of urban renewal, local governments and urban policy have focused heavily on the central business district. Today, promoters of downtown development still emphasize office and retail expansion, convention centers, sports arenas, festival market places, and tourist attractions. But, as the authors of this volume demonstrate, such development has all but ignored the inner-city neighborhoods that continue to struggle in the shadows of high-rise America. Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods addresses that alarming oversight. This up-to-date analysis of urban...
Since the 1950s and the advance of urban renewal, local governments and urban policy have focused heavily on the central business district. Today, pro...
Reports on progress in the fight against the ingrained poverty and social problems of many of the USA's most devastated areas. Extensive case studies are provided from Atlanta, Camden, Chicago, Cleveland, East St. Louis, Los Angeles, Miami and New York City.
Reports on progress in the fight against the ingrained poverty and social problems of many of the USA's most devastated areas. Extensive case studies ...
After enjoying exceptional growth at the turn of the last century, Cleveland's fortunes, like that of many metropolitan centers, have sharply declined. How much of this change is due to characteristics of growth and development, the outmigration of population and investment' technological advances, and the changing racial composition of the population? On the eve of its bicentennial, Cleveland serves as a paradigm of American urbanization by providing lessons regarding urban America, our communities, and ourselves. Cleveland, A Metropolitan Reader emphasizes the political economy, social...
After enjoying exceptional growth at the turn of the last century, Cleveland's fortunes, like that of many metropolitan centers, have sharply declined...
