As college and university administrators expand and develop their urban campuses, they have also become developers - and primary drivers - of neighbourhood change. But how do institutions contend with urban real estate needs, revitalization opportunities, and community outreach? And how do the residents benefit? Pushing Back the Gates provides a lively discussion of neighbourhood-level perspectives of the dynamic changes brought about by institutions' urban planning efforts. Harley Etienne outlines the rationale for university-driven development and neighbourhood revitalization balanced by...

Some cities avoid change. Others accept it. Atlanta pursues it. More than any other major U.S. city, Atlanta regularly reinvents itself. From the Civil War s devastation to the 1996 Olympic boom to the current housing crisis, the city s history is a cycle of rise and fall, ruin and resurgence. In Planning Atlanta, two dozen planning practitioners and thought leaders bring the story to life. Together they trace the development of projects like Freedom Parkway and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. They examine the impacts of race relations on planning and policy. They explore Atlanta s...

As college and university administrators expand and develop their urban campuses, they have also become developers of neighborhoods and primary drivers of change. But how do institutions contend with urban real estate needs, revitalization opportunities, and community outreach? And how do the residents benefit? "Pushing Back the Gates" provides a lively discussion of neighborhood-level perspectives of the dynamic changes brought about by institutions' urban planning efforts.In the series "Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Visions, "edited by David W. Bartelt"