Urban and municipal planning and policy Books
MN - University of British Columbia Press Condo Conquest Urban Governance Law and
Book SynopsisThis eye-opening study shows how the condo, developed to meet the needs of a community of owners in cities in the 1960s, has been conquered by commercial interests.Trade ReviewLippert's argument is based on extensive interviews with owners, condo corporation directors, property managers, realtors, and others in Toronto and New York. Lippert builds his case with a close reading of the documents that delineate condo living: statutes that seem to grow more elaborate with each legislative revision, as well as corporation bylaws, reserve fund studies, house-rules documents, and the shorthand legal opinions that flood into condos from the newsletters of lawyers representing boards, property managers, and builders. -- John Lorinc * Literary Review of Canada *Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Condo Owners and Boards3 Assembling the Condo: Processes, Agents, and Knowledges4 Governing Condo Renters5 Condo Governance, Legal Knowledges, and Surveillance6 Policing Condo Nuisance7 Ups and Downs of Urban Governance: High-Rise Condo Elevators8 Conclusion: Law Reform, Assemblages, and Condo FuturesNotes; References; Index
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press Evaluating Urban and Regional Plans
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£31.50
University of British Columbia Press The Thin Edge of Innovation
£26.09
Cornell University Press Urban America Reconsidered
Book SynopsisThe aftermath of Hurricane Katrina laid bare the tragedy of American cities. What the storm revealed about the social conditions in New Orleans shocked many Americans. Even more shocking is how widespread these conditions are throughout much of urban...Trade Review"Urban America Reconsidered raises very provocative questions about the current direction of research in urban politics. David Imbroscio presents an intriguing perspective on the future of urban policy action in the United States"—Larry Bennett, DePaul University, coauthor of It's Hardly Sportin': Stadiums, Neighborhoods, and the New Chicago"An interesting extension and development of urban regime theory. David Imbroscio puts forth a sophisticated and cogent critique of regionalism. Urban America Reconsidered will be of value to urban studies scholars and to urban activists."—Mara Sidney, Rutgers University-Newark, author of Unfair Housing: How National Policy Shapes Local Action"Urban America Reconsidered is rigorous, brave, provocative-and correct! This is a necessary book for anyone serious about America's urban collapse and, ultimately, about the state of America itself."—Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland, author of America Beyond Capitalism"David Imbroscio presents a trenchant challenge to the main theoretical perspectives on urban politics. He also supplies a new basis for localistic economic development that would encourage community and citizen participation in American cities. This is a book that not only respects rival theories but also has the spark that will generate dialogue with other theorists that its author seeks to create."—G. William Domhoff, Distinguished Research Professor in Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, coauthor of The Leftmost City: Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz"David Imbroscio has written an ambitious and important book. He not only tackles the major theoretical schools of thought in urban studies but also offers a thoughtful and compelling alternative. Urban America Reconsidered deserves a wide audience-not just in political science, but among all people who care about our cities and how they are governed."—James DeFilippis, Rutgers University, author of Unmaking Goliath: Community Control in the Face of Global Capital"David Imbroscio makes a forceful and compelling argument against the metropolitan agenda of urban reformers, not from the right where such criticism has usually come in defense of the exclusionary prerogatives of local communities, but from the left, with a call for greater local power. The arguments that Imbroscio offers in Urban America Reconsidered are highly original and extremely important."—Edward G. Goetz, University of Minnesota, author of Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America
£97.20
Cornell University Press Public Housing Myths
Book SynopsisPopular opinion holds that public housing is a failure. Over the past decade, however, historians and social scientists have quietly exploded the common wisdom about public housing. This volume provides an updated, panoramic view of public housing.Trade ReviewAddressing and debunking 11 widely held assumptions about public housing and why it failed, this much-needed book largely discredits the policy rhetoric concerning the problematic stereotypes associated with public housing.... The book adeptly points out that to blame public housing on the persistence of crime, poverty, and other social problems is simply not accurate. -- D.A. Oakley * CHOICE *For tenants like those who I [have spoken to in my research] – and for indeed anyone who has tried to engage in discussions about public housing – the value of this book cannot be overstated. Public debate about public housing requires an arsenal of rebuttals to confront these destructive myths, as well as a lot of energy and patience. As I read through this collection, I could feel a growing sense of relief – finally, it's here! In one volume!... Public housing – as an institution, a home and social policy – has long needed a resource like Public Housing Myths. Anyone whose scholarly or professional work involves public housing should be required to read this comprehensive and convincing volume. -- Martine August * Social & Cultural Geography *Table of ContentsIntroductionI. PlacesMYTH #1. Public Housing Stands Alone by Joseph HeathcottMYTH #2. Modernist Architecture Failed Public Housing by D. Bradford HuntMYTH #3. Public Housing Breeds Crime by Fritz Umbach and Alexander GerouldMYTH #4. High-Rise Public Housing Is Unmanageable by Nicholas Dagen BloomII. PolicyMYTH #5. Public Housing Ended in Failure during the 1970s by Yonah FreemarkMYTH #6. Mixed-Income Redevelopment Is the Only Way to Fix Failed Public Housing by Lawrence J. ValeMYTH #7. Only Immigrants Still Live in Eu ro pe an Public Housing by Florian UrbanMYTH #8. Public Housing Is Only for Poor People by Nancy KwakIII. PeopleMYTH #9. Public Housing Residents Hate the Police by Fritz UmbachMYTH #10. Public Housing Tenants Are Powerless by Rhonda Y. WilliamsMYTH #11. Public Housing Tenants Did Not Invest in Their Neighborhoods by Lisa LevensteinNotes Acknowledgments Contributor Biographies Index
£81.00
Cornell University Press Where the River Burned
Book SynopsisIn Where the River Burned, David Stradling and Richard Stradling describe Cleveland's nascent transition from polluted industrial city to viable service city during the administration of Carl Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city.Trade ReviewFocusing on Cleveland's shift from industrial to postindustrial service city and mayor Carl Stokes's administration (1967-1971), David (history, Univ. of Cincinnati) and Richard (retired reporter) Stradling critique postwar liberalism's limited ability to solve the resulting environmental and social problems. Well written and interestingly told, this is a good survey of Cleveland's experience for a general audience. Summing Up: Recommended. * Choice *This impressive book's successes lie in the new connections the authors forge between environmental history and urban history, uniting the postwar urban crisis and the rise of environmentalism.... Where the River Burned contains important lessons in an era when environmental amenities aimed at upper middle-classes are seen as key for revitalizing cities such as Cleveland.... This relevance suggests the book deserves wide readership among environmental and urban historians, as well as among urban officials following in Stokes’s wake. -- Andrew Needham * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Crisis in the Urban Environment1. What Will Become of Cleveland?2. Hough and the Urban Crisis3. Downtown and the Limits of Urban Renewal4. Policy and the Polluted City5. The Burning River6. From Earth Day to EcoCityEpilogue: What Became of ClevelandNotes Bibliographic Essay Index
£22.79
Cornell University Press Reforming New Orleans
Book SynopsisIn Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city's recovery and assess how successfully officials at the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.Trade ReviewThrough the conceptual lenses of 'political arrangements' and ‘policy agenda fidelity’ the authors set out to explore the ways extralocal actors and reform-oriented players have used their resources and authority to change pre-Katrina governance configurations and... capture eloquently the identity of the pre-Katrina status quo and the longstanding patterns of corruption, patronage and mismanagement that characterised the city institutions and officials prior to the storm. It will be a critical resource for academics, researchers and practitioners in the field of disasters, urban politics and urban sociology. -- Angeliki Paidakaki * Urban Studies Journal *Not surprisingly, Burns and Thomas find that pre-Katrina New Orleans was governed by multiple political arrangements with weak fidelity to policy agendas (5).... It's important to remember... that in a political arrangement that results in a greater chasm between rich and poor, barriers to affordable housing, persistent inequities in education, and a racially disparate criminal justice system, we all lose. * The Journal of African American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rebuilding Governance, Politics, and Policy in New Orleans 1. Pre-Katrina New Orleans 2. Reform and Economic Development 3. Democracy versus Reform in Pre-Katrina Education 4. The Most Reform-Friendly City in the Country 5. From Mismanagement to Reform in Housing 6. Public Safety or an Unsafe Public? Conclusion: The Effects of Sudden Shocks on Governance, Politics, and Policy
£81.00
Cornell University Press Public Housing Myths
Book SynopsisPopular opinion holds that public housing is a failure. Over the past decade, however, historians and social scientists have quietly exploded the common wisdom about public housing. This volume provides an updated, panoramic view of public housing.Trade ReviewAddressing and debunking 11 widely held assumptions about public housing and why it failed, this much-needed book largely discredits the policy rhetoric concerning the problematic stereotypes associated with public housing.... The book adeptly points out that to blame public housing on the persistence of crime, poverty, and other social problems is simply not accurate. -- D.A. Oakley * CHOICE *For tenants like those who I [have spoken to in my research] – and for indeed anyone who has tried to engage in discussions about public housing – the value of this book cannot be overstated. Public debate about public housing requires an arsenal of rebuttals to confront these destructive myths, as well as a lot of energy and patience. As I read through this collection, I could feel a growing sense of relief – finally, it's here! In one volume!... Public housing – as an institution, a home and social policy – has long needed a resource like Public Housing Myths. Anyone whose scholarly or professional work involves public housing should be required to read this comprehensive and convincing volume. -- Martine August * Social & Cultural Geography *Table of ContentsIntroductionI. PlacesMYTH #1. Public Housing Stands Alone by Joseph HeathcottMYTH #2. Modernist Architecture Failed Public Housing by D. Bradford HuntMYTH #3. Public Housing Breeds Crime by Fritz Umbach and Alexander GerouldMYTH #4. High-Rise Public Housing Is Unmanageable by Nicholas Dagen BloomII. PolicyMYTH #5. Public Housing Ended in Failure during the 1970s by Yonah FreemarkMYTH #6. Mixed-Income Redevelopment Is the Only Way to Fix Failed Public Housing by Lawrence J. ValeMYTH #7. Only Immigrants Still Live in Eu ro pe an Public Housing by Florian UrbanMYTH #8. Public Housing Is Only for Poor People by Nancy KwakIII. PeopleMYTH #9. Public Housing Residents Hate the Police by Fritz UmbachMYTH #10. Public Housing Tenants Are Powerless by Rhonda Y. WilliamsMYTH #11. Public Housing Tenants Did Not Invest in Their Neighborhoods by Lisa LevensteinNotes Acknowledgments Contributor Biographies Index
£22.79
Stanford University Press Paradise Plundered
Book SynopsisParadise Plundered is a cautionary tale of the fiscal mismanagement, political corruption, and infrastructure challenges that plague and threaten San Diego, California - with relevant comparative analyses to other American cities.Trade Review"Paradise Plundered is a must-read for urban scholars and an invaluable resource for political science and public affairs courses, as it enriches an urban governance literature that has a place in naive, simple-opposition, pluralist, and elite explanations of urban policy. It convincingly demonstrates how pluralist forces expressed through district election and restrictive fiscal institutions interact with elite development interests in the absence of a responsible civic sector or public officials committed to broader public interests. . . The study makes an undeniable contribution to both political science scholarship and policy practice by compellingly elaborating the forces that constrain effective urban governance."—Juliet Ann Musso, Political Science Quarterly"San Diego may have been the only major city in the United States (8th largest in population) lacking a significant academic book analyzing its urban politics and governance. No more. With Paradise Plundered we now have a well researched and reasoned volume that fills that gap . . . Paradise Plundered's organization, clarity, and writing style makes it well suited not only for academics and graduate and undergraduate students, but also for practitioners and citizens interested in understanding how political power is exercised in American metropolitan areas."—Nico Calavita, Journal of Urban Affairs"While making some comparisons with other California cities, the book is at its best when focusing on the politics and collusions used to wring private gain out of transaction alleged to be of public benefit. This is a cautionary tale that should be read by anyone concerned with governance, economic development, and business-government relationships in American cities. . . Highly recommended."—J. L. Mikesell, Choice"It takes more than scenery to make a successful city—or a solvent state, for that matter. Chronicling the near-deliberate dismantlement of San Diego, Paradise Plundered relates how a favored city squandered its heritage and thereby set forth a warning to the rest of the nation." —Kevin Starr, University of Southern California"Paradise Plundered provides a trenchant analysis of governance and public policy in San Diego over the past two decades. The authors show how weak public institutions and persistent anti-tax sentiment created a grossly underfunded pension system, massive structural deficits, and a balkanized city. San Diego's fall from grace offers a cautionary tale that is a must read for anyone who cares about effective urban government."—Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley"A landmark expose of how fiscal populism provides camouflage for private greed in America's most badly governed big city. San Diego's celebrated 'public-private partnerships' are unmasked as Ponzi schemes on the road to municipal ruin."—Mike Davis, University of California, Riverside"Paradise Plundered chronicles San Diego's decline from one of the nation's best governed cities to its current position as poster child for inept city management. Meticulously researched and convincingly argued, [it] is a cautionary tale for any community that demands good government but is unwilling to pay for it."—Joel Rast, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
£20.89
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma All the Water the Law Allows Las Vegas and
Book SynopsisIn this political and legal history of the Las Vegas water supply, Christian Harrison focuses on the creation and actions of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to tell a story with profound implications and important lessons for water politics and natural resource policy in the twenty-first century.
£18.86
Southern Illinois University Press The Loop The L Tracks That Shaped and Saved
Book SynopsisEvery day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city's downtown. Patrick Reardon unfolds the fascinating story about how Chicago's elevated Loop was built, gave its name to the downtown, helped unify the city, saved the city's economy, and was saved from destruction in the 1970s.Table of Contents Contents Introduction 1. The Loop, New Year’s Eve, 1911 Part One — Lots of loops 2. Academic fashion 3. Silence 4. Lots of Loops 5. The Word “loop” 6. The Last Cable Car Part Two — The Union Loop 7. Dreaming of a “Union Loop” 8. Willing the Union Loop into Existence 9. The Birth of the Union Loop Part Three — The Loop 10. The Rectangular Bridge and the Bridge Builder 11. Inside and outside the Loop 12. The Name “Loop” Part Four — The Heart of Chicago 13. “My ‘Other Neighborhood’” 14. Wandering Downtowns 15. Raze the Loop 16. The Loop, New Year’s Day, 2019 Acknowledgments and Permissions Bibliography Notes Index
£20.66
University of Pennsylvania Press The Private City
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With a skillful use of carefully researched detail, Warner relates the transformation from a handicraft to a factory system of production to the pervasive quest for private gain, and shows how that basic objective restricted the city's response to such community needs as education, health, and welfare. . . . His book is packed with suggestive historical detail." * American Historical Review *"[This book] serves, in a way which no other city biography can claim to, as the historical analogy of urban America." * Urban Studies *"Written with intelligent elegance and candor. . . . A fascinating book." * Times Literary Supplement *"A splendidly economical and enlightening piece of urban history. . . . Contributes more than an important remedial lesson in the cultural foundation of the urban crisis." * American Institute of Planners Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Intorduction to the Second Edition PART ONE: THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TOWN 1- The Environment of Private Opportunity 2- War and the Limits of the Tradition PART TWO: THE BIG CITY 1830-1860 3- Spatial Patterns of Rapid Growth 4- Industrialization 5- The Specialization of Leadership 6- Municipal Institutions 7- Riots and the Restoration of Public Order PART THREE: THE INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS 8- The Structure of the Metropolis 9- Some Metropolitan Districts 10- The Industrial Metropolis as an Inheritance Bibliography of Recent Philadelphia Books Notes to Tables in Text
£21.59
University of Pennsylvania Press Between Justice and Beauty
Book SynopsisAs the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives. Well-intentioned efforts to introduce measures of social justice for the district's black population have failed. This book addresses the revitalization and the aftereffects of an urban sports arena.Trade Review"Sets a new standard for effectively placing planning issues in their larger social and political context." * Planning Perspectives *"Howard Gillette is our leading expert on the politics of planning for Washington, DC. . . . Between Justice and Beauty is the best introduction to the political choices that have shaped our national city." * American Planning Association Journal *"Between Justice and Beauty is written for readers who do not necessarily have a deep interest in Washington, although the wealth of detailed historical information contained in its pages will provide plenty for a student of the city to digest. The historical narrative provides insight into the development of the city and could be used as a case study text in a graduate seminar in urban planning or geography." * Urban Geography *"Gillette's clear focus on government gives thematic coherence to his insightful and engaging history, highlighting matters of physical development such as slum clearance, public housing construction, urban renewal, commercial development, transportation, and the planning of the monumental core." * Journal of Urban History *
£25.19
University of Pennsylvania Press Growing Greener Cities
Book SynopsisNineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described his most famous project, the design of New York''s Central Park, as a democratic development of highest significance. Over the years, the significance of green in civic life has grown. In twenty-first-century America, not only open space but also other issues of sustainability—such as potable water and carbon footprints—have become crucial elements in the quality of life in the city and surrounding environment. Confronted by a U.S. population that is more than 70 percent urban, growing concern about global warming, rising energy prices, and unabated globalization, today''s decision makers must find ways to bring urban life into balance with the Earth in order to sustain the natural, economic, and political environment of the modern city.In Growing Greener Cities, a collection of essays on urban sustainability and environmental issues edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, scholaTrade Review"Growing Greener Cities offers invaluable evidence that we can grow our cities' economies while continuing to repair their ecological foundation. The authors illustrate how the two go hand in hand and offer concrete methods for fixing some of the most challenging issues cities face today." * Andy Altman, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, Philadelphia *"Now more than ever, we need vibrant, attractive cities to counter the unsustainable impacts of suburban sprawl. This book shows how to use green infrastructure-from heat- and water-absorbing green roofs to restorative neighborhood parks-to draw and hold residents and businesses while improving environmental quality. It's an essential read for anyone interested in making our cities strong and sustainable." * Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council *"These authors provide a rich menu of ideas and examples for transforming our cities into models of energy efficiency, sustainability, quality living and economic revitalization." * Bruce Babbitt, former Secretary of the Interior and author of Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use *Table of ContentsPreface: Common Ground, Common Good —Amy Gutmann Introduction Urban Greening and the Green City Ideal —Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter PT. I GREENING AT EVERY SCALE: NATION TO ROOF TOPS 1. Taking the Initiative: Why Cities Are Greening Now —Tom Daniels 2. Growing Greener Regions —Robert D. Yaro, David M. Kooris 3. The Inter-Regional Dimension: The Greening of London and the Wider South East —Robin Thompson 4. Greening Cities: A Public Realm Approach —Alexander Garvin 5. Growing Greener, New York Style —Rachel Weinberger 6. Greener Homes, Greener Cities: Expanding Affordable Housing and Strengthening Cities Through Sustainable Residential Development —Stockton Williams, Dana L. Bourland PT. II GETTING GREENING DONE 7. Urban Stream Restoration: Recovering Ecological Services in Degraded Watersheds —Rutherford H. Platt, Timothy Beatley, Sarah Michaels, Nancy Goucher, Beth Fenstermacher 8. The Role of Citizen Activists in Urban Infrastructure Development —Paul R. Brown 9. Blue-Green Practices: Why They Work and Why They Have Been So Difficult to Implement Through Public Policy —Charlie Miller Miller 10. The Roots of the Urban Greening Movement Victor Rubin Rubin, Victor 187 11. Leveraging Media for Social Change Harry Wiland Wiland, Harry Dale Bell Bell, Dale 207 12. Transformation Through Greening J. Blaine Bonham, Jr. Bonham, J.Blaine, Jr. Patricia L. Smith Smith, Patricia L. 227 13. Community Development Finance and the Green City Jeremy Nowak Nowak, Jeremy 244 14. Growing Edible Cities Domenic Vitiello Vitiello, Domenic 259 PT. III MEASURING URBAN GREENING 15. Ecosystem Services and the Green City —Dennis D. Hirsch 16. Metro Nature: Its Functions, Benefits, and Values —Kathleen L. Wolf 17. Green Investment Strategies: How They Matter for Urban Neighborhoods —Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, Carolyn R. Brown 18. Measuring the Economic Impacts of Greening: The Center for Neighborhood Technology Green Values Calculator —Julia Kennedy, Julia Peter Haas, Peter Bill Eyring 19. What Makes Today's Green City? —Warren Karlenzig Afterword —Neal Peirce Peirce Notes List of Contributors
£999.99
University of Pennsylvania Press How Real Estate Developers Think
Book SynopsisBased on interviews in Portland, Chicago, Miami, and Minneapolis/Saint Paul, How Real Estate Developers Think depicts the entrepreneurial personality of the developer, explores the meaning of "good design," and examines the economic risks and rewards of development.Trade Review"Peter Brown interviewed more than 100 people involved in real estate development. He understands how the key players-developers, architects, engineers and government officials-interact to develop new or repurposed buildings and landscapes. Using real situations as examples, he clearly and expertly portrays essential personalities, and the differing motivations, risks, and rewards of the players in the process. This book is important, well written, clear, and easy to understand. If you are an architect or engineer working with developers, a municipal official responsible for reviewing and approving building proposals, a resident in a community with sites being considered for development, a member of a neighborhood or city zoning committee, a public-spirited citizen, or simply a person interested in expanding your understanding of how projects get built, you should read this book." * Peter Piven, FAIA, principal consultant of Peter Piven Management Consultants and author of Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing and Transitioning a Design Firm *"Peeking into the minds of real estate developers turns out to be riveting. Peter Hendee Brown has managed to open up the life of risk, reward and values in the paradoxical world of development. From understanding how well intentioned community guidelines for development often backfire, to learning more about how real estate deals work and how design relates (or doesn't) to the market, to seeing case studies of how real estate development is ultimately an expression of values, this book is a must read for anyone in the development, design or planning world, or anyone who lives in a city or community where planning and development happen-basically anyone who is interested in knowing more about how our cities and communities are shaped." * Mary Margaret Jones, FASLA, FAAR; President and Senior Principal, Hargreaves Associates Landscape Architecture *"Brown makes the great point that less conflict and more cooperation should lead to far better buildings and cities that are better places to live and work." * Lee Schafer, Minneapolis Star Tribune *"Focusing on imaginative and experienced development professionals working in complex urban settings, Brown usefully problematizes the monolithic idea of the 'greedy developer.' By helping readers to see how these more sophisticated developers think, this engagingly written book can do much to help move real-world situations from hostile standoffs to informed conversations." * Ann Forsyth, Harvard Graduate School of Design *Table of ContentsPrologue. A Brick Wall in Evanston Chapter 1. Developer as Visionary Chapter 2. Deal Makers Chapter 3. The Real Estate Development Process Chapter 4. Developers and Their Architects Chapter 5. Good Design Chapter 6. Selling Real Estate Chapter 7. Market Cycles, Leverage, and Timing Chapter 8. Profits, Values, and a Sense of Purpose Chapter 9. The Creation of Place and Culture Chapter 10. Developers and the Community Notes Index Acknowledgments
£27.90
University of Pennsylvania Press Revitalizing American Cities
Book SynopsisSmall and midsized cities played a key role in the Industrial Revolution in the United States as hubs for the shipping, warehousing, and distribution of manufactured products. But as the twentieth century brought cheaper transportation and faster communication, these cities were hit hard by population losses and economic decline. In the twenty-first century, many former industrial hubs—from Springfield to Wichita, from Providence to Columbus—are finding pathways to reinvention. With innovative urban policies and design, once-declining cities are becoming the unlikely pioneers of postindustrial urban revitalization.Revitalizing American Cities explores the historical, regional, and political factors that have allowed some industrial cities to regain their footing in a changing economy. The volume discusses national patterns and drivers of growth and decline, presents case studies and comparative analyses of decline and renewal, considers approaches to the proTrade Review"If you're a mayor, economic developer, city builder, scholar, or student who wants to understand how small and medium-sized cities have fared in our rapidly changing economy, then Revitalizing American Cities is the book for you. Wachter and Zeuli bring together a wide range of scholars to consider how and why these cities have combated decline and revitalized and become more resilient, the role of neighborhood factors in urban revitalization, and how cities can best adapt to the new economy." * Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class *"America's older industrial cities once powered the nation's economy. Now these places must adapt to a new reality in which the U.S. manufacturing industry is no longer ascendant. Required reading for anyone working to stabilize and strengthen America's industrial cities." * Manny Diaz, former Mayor of Miami and past President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors *"Taking a timely look at the struggles of America's smaller, older cities, Wachter and Zeuli have assembled a group of accomplished scholars to consider how these cities can adapt and thrive in an economy very different from the one in which they matured. These essays provide what policymakers and practitioners need: practical strategies for reinvention based on well-documented evidence and compelling examples." * Sarah Rosen Wartell, President of The Urban Institute *"Wachter and Zeuli have created an invaluable resource for anyone involved in reinvigorating our struggling cities. This volume offers important insights into the practices needed to create the kinds of vital cities necessary for broader economic opportunity for all." * Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League *"The American economy's success resides in its ability to continually remake itself. This is clearest in our cities. Read this book to understand why some cities succeed at this and others fall short." * Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. CITY DECLINE AND REVIVAL Chapter 1. The Historical Vitality of Cities —Edward Glaeser Chapter 2. The Growth of Metropolitan Areas in the United States —Gilles Duranton Chapter 3. The Relationship Between City Center Density and Urban Growth or Decline —Kyle Fee and Daniel Hartley Chapter 4. Central Cities and Metropolitan Areas: Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Employment as Drivers of Growth —Steven Cochrane, Sophia Koropeckyj, Aaron Smith, and Sean Ellis PART II. DISCOVERING RESILIENCE Chapter 5. Lessons from Resurgent Mid-Sized Manufacturing Cities —Yolanda K. Kodrzycki and Ana Patricia Muñoz Chapter 6. Revitalizing Small Cities: A Comparative Case Study of Two Southern Mill Towns —Kimberly Zeuli Chapter 7. Parallel Histories, Diverging Trajectories: Resilience in Small Industrial Cities —Alan Mallach PART III. LAND AND NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY Chapter 8. A Market-Oriented Approach to Neighborhoods —Paul C. Brophy Chapter 9. Transformation Is Messy Work: The Complex Challenge of Spatial Reconfiguration in America's Legacy Cities —Alan Mallach Chapter 10. Tactical Options for Stable Properties —Frank S. Alexander PART IV. THE NEW ECONOMY AND CITIES Chapter 11. Anchor Institutions in the Northeast Megaregion: An Important but Not Fully Realized Resource —Eugenie L. Birch Chapter 12. Fields, Factories, and Workshops: Green Economic Development on the Smaller-Metro Scale —Catherine Tumber Chapter 13. Promoting Workforce Readiness for Urban Growth —Laura W. Perna Afterword —Jeremy Nowak Notes List of Contributors Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£63.00
University of Pennsylvania Press How Real Estate Developers Think
Book SynopsisCities are always changing: streets, infrastructure, public spaces, and buildings are constantly being built, improved, demolished, and replaced. But even when a new project is designed to improve a community, neighborhood residents often find themselves at odds with the real estate developer who proposes it. Savvy developers are willing to work with residents to allay their concerns and gain public support, but at the same time, a real estate development is a business venture financed by private investors who take significant risks. In How Real Estate Developers Think, Peter Hendee Brown explains the interests, motives, and actions of real estate developers, using case studies to show how the basic principles of development remain the same everywhere even as practices vary based on climate, local culture, and geography. An understanding of what developers do and why they do it will help community members, elected officials, and others participate more productively in the devTrade Review"Peter Brown interviewed more than 100 people involved in real estate development. He understands how the key players-developers, architects, engineers and government officials-interact to develop new or repurposed buildings and landscapes. Using real situations as examples, he clearly and expertly portrays essential personalities, and the differing motivations, risks, and rewards of the players in the process. This book is important, well written, clear, and easy to understand. If you are an architect or engineer working with developers, a municipal official responsible for reviewing and approving building proposals, a resident in a community with sites being considered for development, a member of a neighborhood or city zoning committee, a public-spirited citizen, or simply a person interested in expanding your understanding of how projects get built, you should read this book." * Peter Piven, FAIA, principal consultant of Peter Piven Management Consultants and author of Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing and Transitioning a Design Firm *"Peeking into the minds of real estate developers turns out to be riveting. Peter Hendee Brown has managed to open up the life of risk, reward and values in the paradoxical world of development. From understanding how well intentioned community guidelines for development often backfire, to learning more about how real estate deals work and how design relates (or doesn't) to the market, to seeing case studies of how real estate development is ultimately an expression of values, this book is a must read for anyone in the development, design or planning world, or anyone who lives in a city or community where planning and development happen-basically anyone who is interested in knowing more about how our cities and communities are shaped." * Mary Margaret Jones, FASLA, FAAR; President and Senior Principal, Hargreaves Associates Landscape Architecture *"Brown makes the great point that less conflict and more cooperation should lead to far better buildings and cities that are better places to live and work." * Lee Schafer, Minneapolis Star Tribune *"Focusing on imaginative and experienced development professionals working in complex urban settings, Brown usefully problematizes the monolithic idea of the 'greedy developer.' By helping readers to see how these more sophisticated developers think, this engagingly written book can do much to help move real-world situations from hostile standoffs to informed conversations." * Ann Forsyth, Harvard Graduate School of Design *Table of ContentsPrologue. A Brick Wall in Evanston Chapter 1. Developer as Visionary Chapter 2. Deal Makers Chapter 3. The Real Estate Development Process Chapter 4. Developers and Their Architects Chapter 5. Good Design Chapter 6. Selling Real Estate Chapter 7. Market Cycles, Leverage, and Timing Chapter 8. Profits, Values, and a Sense of Purpose Chapter 9. The Creation of Place and Culture Chapter 10. Developers and the Community Notes Index Acknowledgments
£59.50
University of Pennsylvania Press Governing the Fragmented Metropolis
Book SynopsisToday the challenges facing our nation''s metropolitan regions are enormous: demographic change, aging infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, urban sprawl, spatial segregation, gentrification, education, housing affordability, regional equity, and more. Unfortunately, local governments do not have the capacity to respond to the interlocking set of problems facing metropolitan regions, and future challenges such as population growth and climate change will not make it easier. But will we ever have a more effective and sustainable approach to developing the metropolitan region? The answer may depend on our ability to develop a means to govern a metropolitan region that promotes population density, regional public transit systems, and the equitable development of city and suburbs within a system of land use and planning that is by and large a local one. If we want to plan for sustainable regions we need to understand and strengthen existing metropolitan planning arraTrade Review"Governing the Fragmented Metropolis should be on the shelf of any library with a serious interest in contemporary urban affairs." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"I know of no other work that systematically examines different approaches to regional, public decision making on land use in the United States. This book is a much needed, path-breaking effort to assess the effectiveness of alternative institutional structures in preventing urban sprawl." * Connie P. Ozawa, Portland State University *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Planning for a Metropolitan Future Chapter 2. Planning Without Authority in Boston Chapter 3. Becoming a Regional Player in Denver Chapter 4. A Nested System in Transition in Portland Chapter 5. Lessons for Metropolitan Planning Chapter 6. Governing More Effective Regions Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£49.30
University of Pennsylvania Press Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in
Book SynopsisIn less than a generation, the dominant image of American cities has transformed from one of crisis to revitalization. Poverty, violence, and distressed schools still make headlines, but central cities and older suburbs are attracting new residents and substantial capital investment. In most accounts, native-born empty nesters, their twentysomething children, and other educated professionals are credited as the agents of change. Yet in the past decade, policy makers and scholars across the United States have come to understand that immigrants are driving metropolitan revitalization at least as much and belong at the center of the story. Immigrants have repopulated central city neighborhoods and older suburbs, reopening shuttered storefronts and boosting housing and labor markets, in every region of the United States.Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in the United States is the first book to document immigrant-led revitalization, with contributions by leading sTrade Review"This volume brings together cutting-edge research on revitalization from leading social scientists across a range of fields, from demography and economics to geography, history, sociology, and urban planning. . . . An important book with implications for today's cities and municipalities-both those experienced with immigration and those facing fresh change." * Audrey Singer, Urban Institute *
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University of Pennsylvania Press Smarter Growth
Book SynopsisSuburban sprawl has been the prevailing feature—and double-edged sword—of metropolitan America''s growth and development since 1945. The construction of homes, businesses, and highways that were signs of the nation''s economic prosperity also eroded the presence of agriculture and polluted the environment. This in turn provoked fierce activism from an array of local, state, and national environmental groups seeking to influence planning and policy. Many places can lay claim to these twin legacies of sprawl and the attendant efforts to curb its impact, but, according to John H. Spiers, metropolitan Washington, D.C., in particular, laid the foundations for a smart growth movement that blossomed in the late twentieth century.In Smarter Growth, Spiers argues that civic and social activists played a key role in pushing state and local officials to address the environmental and fiscal costs of growth. Drawing on case studies including the Potomac River''s cleanup,Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. A River Revived Chapter 2. Where Have All the Forests Gone? Chapter 3. Desperate for Growth Chapter 4. The Road to Sprawl Chapter 5. A Master Plan for Agriculture Chapter 6. Saving Farms from Development Conclusion Notes Selected Sources Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Street Commerce
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Andres Sevtsuk has provided a compelling, practical account of how to bring streets to life economically. Based on thorough research, Street Commerce explores how to protect small shops, work with e-commerce, and integrate commercial and non-commercial activities. For planners and the public alike, this is a must-read." * Richard Sennett *"The future of cities won't be delivered to your door or found by driving to a big-box store. Andres Sevtsuk finds the commercial and social heart of the world's cities on the shopping street just around the corner." * Janette Sadik-Khan, Bloomberg Associates, former Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Transportation *"The energy of city streets is fueled by their commerce. Shop windows try to entice you. Food trucks deliver aromas that surround you. Yet the rise of e-commerce creates uncertainty about the future of cities and their shops. Andres Sevtsuk's Street Commerce provides an invaluable guide to the present and future of urban retail. If you are planning a city or opening a store or renting an apartment, Sevtsuk's fascinating book helps you to make sense of the buying and selling that shapes neighborhoods. Sevtsuk combines serious scholarship with a flair for grasping the essential aspects of urban commercial life. This is an important book that reminds us that modern cities are built around gains from trade." * Edward Glaeser, Harvard University *"Street Commerce makes a valuable connection between planning and retail commerce, showing how retail can be an integral part of increasing the vibrancy of street life in urban areas. Andres Sevtsuk draws upon a multidisciplinary background, as well as his own international experiences living and working in different global cities, to offer a unique perspective." * Peter Hendee Brown, University of Minnesota *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Predictability, and Unpredictability, of Street Commerce Chapter 2. The Survival of Individual Stores Chapter 3. How Stores Cluster Chapter 4. Coordinated Clustering: Business Improvement Districts, Co-ops, and Malls Chapter 5. Location, Location, Location: How Retailers Gravitate to Homes, Workplaces, and Pedestrians Chapter 6. How Urban Design and Building Typologies Affect Retail Location Patterns Chapter 7. How Demographic Shifts and E-Commerce Are Reshaping the Retail Landscape Conclusion Appendix Notes Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Life Among Urban Planners
Book SynopsisA collection of ethnographic case studies of urban planners and their practicesUrban planners project the future of cities. As experts, they draft visions of places and times that do not yet exist, prescribing the tools to be used to achieve those visions. Their choices can determine how a city will merge its public transit and automobile traffic or how it will meet a demand for thousands of new dwelling units as quickly and with as little avoidable damage as possible. Life Among Urban Planners considers planning professionals in relation to the social contexts in which they operate: the planning office, the construction site, and even in the confrontations with those affected by their work. What roles do planners have in shaping the daily practices of urban life? How do they employ, manipulate, and alter their expertise to meet the demands asked of them? The essays in this volume emphasize planners'' cultural values and personal assumptions and critically examinTrade Review"Life Among Urban Planners deserves a place on planning school reading lists. It offers valuable views into the diverse contexts of planning practice globally and raises many provocative questions. Moreover, it suggests the importance of advancing the conversations between social scientists who study urban development, and planners who work to improve the future of cities. " * Journal of Urban Affairs *"[A] welcomed contribution to the study of the contemporary planning profession in times of questioned legitimacy of techno-scientific expertise as the sole basis for urban interventions, and of plans as blueprints of the future. Its focus on the less spectacular dimensions of planning work across different cities speaks to debates in the planning literature about continuous tendencies to propose universalized theories that fail to account for how context matters" * Anthropology Book Forum *"Raising important questions about the complex web of relationships among technocrats, administrators, and residents in the making of urban space, Life Among Urban Planners will initiate productive conversations about cities as fluid social, cultural, and political artifacts. Urban anthropologists as well as planners and architects will find it interesting and provocative." * Emanuela Guano, Georgia State University *
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Center of Dreams
Book SynopsisDiscover how one spectacular building project transformed Miami from a fractious tropical city to a cultural capital of the Americas. In Center of Dreams, New York Times bestselling author Les Standiford tells the inspiring story of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
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Rutgers University Press Baltimore Revisited Stories of Inequality and
Book SynopsisNicknamed both “Mobtown” and “Charm City,” Baltimore is a city of contradictions. To help untangle those apparent paradoxes, Baltimore Revisited assembles over thirty experts, both from inside and outside academia. Together, they find that the city has become ground zero for neoliberal policies, but also home to intensely engaged resistance movements. Trade Review"Baltimore Revisited presents an important and compelling portrait of Baltimore’s past to advocate a more just present and future. Not just a book about Baltimore, this collection can serve as a roadmap for scholars, students, and civic leaders seeking to understand how cities take the shape they do and what can be done to challenge those patterns when they deny justice to citizens." -- Rebecca K. Shrum * associate professor of history, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *"The Baltimore School represents a school of thought that seeks to radically change how we understand cities and how we redistribute resources within them, by taking space, race, and political economy seriously. In the years to come, this work will be known as one of the central Baltimore School texts, used to help people understand Baltimore and cities like it, for the purpose of making it (and them) more just and humane." -- Lester Spence * Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University *"Trump's Dehumanizing Attacks on Baltimore Are Hiding an Awful Truth--And He Knows It," op-ed by Nicole King https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-dehumanizing-attacks-baltimore-are-hiding-awful-truth-he-knows-it-opinion-1452035 * Newsweek *"[The book] is a fascinating accounts of public markets, vacant housing, highways. [It] stimulates curiosity about Baltimore at a time when friends and foes alike cite the city as the epitome of American urban ills." * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Epigraph: Placed Love, Shawntay Stocks Preface: Linda Shopes Introduction P. Nicole King, Joshua Clark Davis, and Kate S. DrabinskiSection 1: Place and Power: Roots of (In)Justice in the City Chapter 1: The City That Eats: Food and Power in Baltimore’s Early Public Markets Robert J. Gamble Chapter 2: “Shove Those Black Clouds Away!”: Jim Crow Schools and Jim Crow Neighborhoods in Baltimore Before Brown Emily Lieb Chapter 3: “The Pot”: Criminalizing Black Neighborhoods in Jim Crow Baltimore Michael Casiano Chapter 4: Vacant Houses and Inequality in Baltimore from the Nineteenth Century to Today Eli Pousson Chapter 5: (snapshot): A Psychology of Place: Race, Violence, and Community in Baltimore Daniel Buccino and Teresa Méndez Chapter 6 (snapshot): Community Health and Baltimore Apartheid: Revisiting Development, Inequality, and Tax Policy Lawrence Brown Section 2: Histories of Contestation and Activism in a Legacy City Chapter 7: The Riot Environment: Sanitation, Recreation, and Pacification in the Wake of Baltimore’s 1968 Uprising Leif Fredrickson Chapter 8: “The People’s Side of the Road”: Movement Against Destruction and Organizing Across Lines of Race, Class, and Neighborhood Shannon Darrow Chapter 9: More than a Store: Activist Businesses in Baltimore Joshua Clark Davis Chapter 10 (snapshot): “Welfare isn’t a single issue:” Baltimore’s Welfare Rights Movement, 1960s-1980s Amy Zanoni Chapter 11: The Last Censors: The Life and Slow Death of Maryland’s Board of Motion Picture Censors, 1916–1981 Joe Tropea Chapter 12 (snapshot): “Temple of Drama”: The Six-Year Protest at Ford’s Theater, 1947-1952 Jennifer A. FerrettiSection 3: Voices from Here: Listening to the Past Chapter 13: “Because They Were Also Downed People”: Black-Jewish Relationships in Baltimore During the 1968 Uprising and Beyond Jacob R. Levin Chapter 14 (snapshot): Korean Communities in Baltimore Aletheia Hyun-Jin Shin Chapter 15: The Lumbee Community: Revisiting the Reservation of Baltimore’s Fells Point Ashley Minner Chapter 16: Over-Burdened Bodies and Lands: Industrial Development and Environmental Injustice in South Baltimore Nicole Fabricant Chapter 17 (snapshot): Finding Closure: The Poets of Sparrows Point Steel Mill Michelle L. Stefano Chapter 18: Baltimore’s Socialist Feminists—Lessons From Then, Lessons For Now: Community Empowerment and Urban Collectives in the 1970s Elizabeth Morrow Nix, April Kalogeropoulos Householder, and Jodi Kelber-Kaye Chapter 19: Relentlessly Gay: A Conversation on LGBTQ Stories in Baltimore Kate S. Drabinski and Louise Parker KelleySection 4: Surviving in the Neoliberal City: Redevelopment in Baltimore Chapter 20: Johns Hopkins University and the History of Developing East Baltimore Marisela B. Gomez Chapter 21: Image and Infrastructure: Making Baltimore a Tourist City Mary Rizzo Chapter 22: Skywalk: The Life and Death of Multilevel Urbanism in Downtown Baltimore Fred Scharmen Chapter 23 (snapshot): Rethinking Gentrification in Baltimore, Sharp Leadenhall Matt Durington and Samuel Gerald Collins Chapter 24: The Superblock: A Downtown Development Debacle, 2003-2015 P. Nicole King Chapter 25 (snapshot): Under Armour’s Global Headquarters and the Redevelopment of South Baltimore Richard E. OttenSection 5: Democratizing the Archives Chapter 26: Social History in the Archives: Baltimore’s Enduring Legacy Aiden Faust Chapter 27 (snapshot): Building a More Inclusive History of Baltimore: Preserving the Baltimore Uprising Denise D. Meringolo Afterword: Shawntay Stock, Weaving Knowledges Notes on Contributors Index
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Rutgers University Press Baltimore Revisited Stories of Inequality and
Book SynopsisNicknamed both “Mobtown” and “Charm City,” Baltimore is a city of contradictions. To help untangle those apparent paradoxes, Baltimore Revisited assembles over thirty experts, both from inside and outside academia. Together, they find that the city has become ground zero for neoliberal policies, but also home to intensely engaged resistance movements. Trade Review"Baltimore Revisited presents an important and compelling portrait of Baltimore’s past to advocate a more just present and future. Not just a book about Baltimore, this collection can serve as a roadmap for scholars, students, and civic leaders seeking to understand how cities take the shape they do and what can be done to challenge those patterns when they deny justice to citizens." -- Rebecca K. Shrum * associate professor of history, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *"The Baltimore School represents a school of thought that seeks to radically change how we understand cities and how we redistribute resources within them, by taking space, race, and political economy seriously. In the years to come, this work will be known as one of the central Baltimore School texts, used to help people understand Baltimore and cities like it, for the purpose of making it (and them) more just and humane." -- Lester Spence * Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University *"Trump's Dehumanizing Attacks on Baltimore Are Hiding an Awful Truth--And He Knows It," op-ed by Nicole King https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-dehumanizing-attacks-baltimore-are-hiding-awful-truth-he-knows-it-opinion-1452035 * Newsweek *"[The book] is a fascinating accounts of public markets, vacant housing, highways. [It] stimulates curiosity about Baltimore at a time when friends and foes alike cite the city as the epitome of American urban ills." * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Epigraph: Placed Love, Shawntay Stocks Preface: Linda Shopes Introduction P. Nicole King, Joshua Clark Davis, and Kate S. DrabinskiSection 1: Place and Power: Roots of (In)Justice in the City Chapter 1: The City That Eats: Food and Power in Baltimore’s Early Public Markets Robert J. Gamble Chapter 2: “Shove Those Black Clouds Away!”: Jim Crow Schools and Jim Crow Neighborhoods in Baltimore Before Brown Emily Lieb Chapter 3: “The Pot”: Criminalizing Black Neighborhoods in Jim Crow Baltimore Michael Casiano Chapter 4: Vacant Houses and Inequality in Baltimore from the Nineteenth Century to Today Eli Pousson Chapter 5: (snapshot): A Psychology of Place: Race, Violence, and Community in Baltimore Daniel Buccino and Teresa Méndez Chapter 6 (snapshot): Community Health and Baltimore Apartheid: Revisiting Development, Inequality, and Tax Policy Lawrence Brown Section 2: Histories of Contestation and Activism in a Legacy City Chapter 7: The Riot Environment: Sanitation, Recreation, and Pacification in the Wake of Baltimore’s 1968 Uprising Leif Fredrickson Chapter 8: “The People’s Side of the Road”: Movement Against Destruction and Organizing Across Lines of Race, Class, and Neighborhood Shannon Darrow Chapter 9: More than a Store: Activist Businesses in Baltimore Joshua Clark Davis Chapter 10 (snapshot): “Welfare isn’t a single issue:” Baltimore’s Welfare Rights Movement, 1960s-1980s Amy Zanoni Chapter 11: The Last Censors: The Life and Slow Death of Maryland’s Board of Motion Picture Censors, 1916–1981 Joe Tropea Chapter 12 (snapshot): “Temple of Drama”: The Six-Year Protest at Ford’s Theater, 1947-1952 Jennifer A. FerrettiSection 3: Voices from Here: Listening to the Past Chapter 13: “Because They Were Also Downed People”: Black-Jewish Relationships in Baltimore During the 1968 Uprising and Beyond Jacob R. Levin Chapter 14 (snapshot): Korean Communities in Baltimore Aletheia Hyun-Jin Shin Chapter 15: The Lumbee Community: Revisiting the Reservation of Baltimore’s Fells Point Ashley Minner Chapter 16: Over-Burdened Bodies and Lands: Industrial Development and Environmental Injustice in South Baltimore Nicole Fabricant Chapter 17 (snapshot): Finding Closure: The Poets of Sparrows Point Steel Mill Michelle L. Stefano Chapter 18: Baltimore’s Socialist Feminists—Lessons From Then, Lessons For Now: Community Empowerment and Urban Collectives in the 1970s Elizabeth Morrow Nix, April Kalogeropoulos Householder, and Jodi Kelber-Kaye Chapter 19: Relentlessly Gay: A Conversation on LGBTQ Stories in Baltimore Kate S. Drabinski and Louise Parker KelleySection 4: Surviving in the Neoliberal City: Redevelopment in Baltimore Chapter 20: Johns Hopkins University and the History of Developing East Baltimore Marisela B. Gomez Chapter 21: Image and Infrastructure: Making Baltimore a Tourist City Mary Rizzo Chapter 22: Skywalk: The Life and Death of Multilevel Urbanism in Downtown Baltimore Fred Scharmen Chapter 23 (snapshot): Rethinking Gentrification in Baltimore, Sharp Leadenhall Matt Durington and Samuel Gerald Collins Chapter 24: The Superblock: A Downtown Development Debacle, 2003-2015 P. Nicole King Chapter 25 (snapshot): Under Armour’s Global Headquarters and the Redevelopment of South Baltimore Richard E. OttenSection 5: Democratizing the Archives Chapter 26: Social History in the Archives: Baltimore’s Enduring Legacy Aiden Faust Chapter 27 (snapshot): Building a More Inclusive History of Baltimore: Preserving the Baltimore Uprising Denise D. Meringolo Afterword: Shawntay Stock, Weaving Knowledges Notes on Contributors Index
£105.40
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Most Segregated City in America City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham 19201980
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University of Minnesota Press Does Local Government Matter
Book Synopsis Until recently, policy evaluation has mostly meant assessing whether government programs raise reading levels, decrease teen pregnancy rates, improve air quality levels, lower drunk-driving rates, or achieve any of the other goals that government programs are ostensibly created to do. Whether or not such programs also have consequences with respect to future demands for government action and whether government programs can heighten—or dampen—citizen involvement in civic activities are questions that are typically overlooked. This book applies such questions to local government. Employing policy feedback theory to a series of local government programs, Elaine B. Sharp shows that these programs do have consequences with respect to citizens’ political participation. Unlike other feedback theory investigations, which tend to focus on federal government programs, Sharp’s looks at a broad range of policy at the local level, including community policing pTrade Review "In this probing and innovative study, Elaine B. Sharp explores how local governments, through policies ranging from social welfare to community policing, affect participation by citizens. Her nuanced and sophisticated analysis extends and challenges what scholars know about the impact of policies on the quality of democracy. Sharp’s findings are sobering: government closest-to-home appears, in many ways, to exacerbate political inequality, amplifying the voice of the powerful and stifling that of the less advantaged." —Suzanne Mettler, The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Programs Undermine American Democracy Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction. Government Programs Matter: Political Learning, Policy Feedbacks, and the Policy-Centered Approach 1.The Participatory Impacts of County Governments’ Means-Tested and Universal Social Programs2.City Government and Neighborhoods: Intentional Empowerment and Reactionary Mobilization3.Community Policing: A Reform Policy for Police Responsiveness4.City Government, Economic Development Incentives, and Business Influence5.The Impact of Development Incentive Policy Reform: A Case Study6.Policy-Centered Theory and Urban Programs: Community Effects in a Global Context Appendix A: The Study Cities and their 2000 PopulationsAppendix B: Additional Detail on Content Analysis Procedures and Coding Rules NotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Struggling Giants CityRegion Governance in
Book SynopsisThe struggle for governability in the world’s four leading global city-regionsTable of ContentsContentsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Governable Giants?1. Four Global City-Regions: A ProfilePart I. The Greater London Region2. Global Pressures and Governmental Innovation3. Strong Metropolitan LeadershipPart II. The New York Tri-State Region4. Fragmented Metropolis, Decentralist Impulses5. Managed PluralismPart III. Paris–Île de France6. A Fragmented and Conflicting Territory7. Unregulated Competitive DecentralizationPart IV. The Tokyo City-Region8. New Challenges, Old Governance9. World-City Policies and the Erosion of the Developmental State10. Governance and Globalism: Political Responses of Four World City-RegionsConclusion: Are Global City-Regions Governable?NotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press The Fragmented Politics of Urban Preservation
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewYue Zhang vividly captures the inherently political nature of urban historic preservation by comparing the complex process by which political actors use government to transform and protect the urban landscape in Beijing, Chicago, and Paris. The Fragmented Politics of Urban Preservation is exceptionally well written, lively, and careful in its analysis. It highlights how the structure of urban governance powerfully influences the way cities change physically, and it raises profound questions about the obstacles to local democracy in deciding how and when this happens. It is a major contribution to the study of comparative urban politics.—Paul Kantor, Fordham UniversityYue Zhang has given us a wonderful volume on the politics of urban preservation that is written in the best tradition of social science. This comparative study is comprehensive without being overbearing and incisive without getting lost in detail. It is no easy task to deliver on such an ambitious project, but this book does it with aplomb and tenacity of purpose.—H.V. Savitch, University of LouisvilleTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Paradox of Urban Preservation1. The Logic of Political Fragmentation2. Beijing: Bureaucratic Anarchy and Symbolic Preservation3. Chicago: Aldermanic Fiefdoms and Mosaic Preservation4. Paris: Intergovernmental Fragmentation and Joint PreservationConclusion: Political Boundaries and BeyondNotesBibliographyIndex
£19.79
University of Minnesota Press The Servant Class City Urban Revitalization
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Written in an accessible style, this is a cautionary tale of how urban revitalization bypasses low-income communities, constraining the economic mobility of the working poor and increasing their reliance on shady financial services and other predatory institutions."—Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago"The Servant Class City is a remarkable book. There are few other books that document growing urban inequality's mechanisms in such a fine-grained way, with both qualitative and quantitative evidence."—Jane Collins, University of Wisconsin–Madison"The book’s strong point is its grounding in the real lives of people."—Planning Magazine"This valuable case study does an excellent job of demonstrating the complex reality the hardworking poor face in neoliberal capitalism."—CHOICE"Karjanen expertly illustrates the ineffectiveness of conventional revitalization initiatives devised to reduce poverty."—H-Net"There is much to like about Karjanen’s work."—Journal of Urban Affairs"Karjanen’s work is an exemplary study that paves the way for future work in urban sociology."—Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Changing Urban Fortunes 1. Subsidizing Capital and Expanding Low-Wage Work 2. A Good Job Is Hard to Find Part II. Working in the Servant Class 3. Working in the Hospitality Industry 4. Working Retail in the Inner City 5. Working On, Off, and Around the Books Part III. Living in the Servant-Class Economy 6. Do-It-Yourself Safety Nets 7. Asset Poverty and the High Cost of Fringe Banking 8. The Low-Income Trap: Barriers to Economic Mobility Conclusion: An Expanding Servant Class or a Pathway to Prosperity? Appendix A. The Communities Appendix B. Servant Class Occupations in San Diego Appendix C. Survey Data and Methodology Chronology Bibliography Index
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The University of Alabama Press Planning the Urban Region
Book SynopsisIn tandem with an analysis of the basic purpose and rationale of urban planning, Peter Self discusses the achievements and failures of different types of planning authorities. Self argues that the urban region is at a political and organizational crossroads, as it must grapple with the problems of urban sprawl.Table of Contents Preface 1. The Urban Region and Planning Theories The Urban Region The Goals of Urban Planning The Meaning and Conditions of Planning Powers and Organizations 2. Expanding and Declining Cities Central Cities within the Urban Region Expanding Cities and Regional Problems Cities against Decline The Appraisal of City Plans 3. Metro Government and Urban Planning The Case for Metro Schemes Metro Schemes in Action Metros and Local Government Reform Evaluation of Metro Planning 4. Central Government and Urban Regions National Urban Policies London and Paris: The Appeal and Limits of Ambitious Planning Regional Planning in Federations The Evaluation of Regional Planning Systems 5. The Planning of Urban Regions Planning Aims and Horizons The Working of Planning Systems Methods of Positive Planning Political and Organizational Choices Notes Bibliography Index
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LUP - University of Georgia Press The Transformative City Charlottes Takeoffs and Landings
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LUP - University of Georgia Press The Transformative City Charlottes Takeoffs and Landings
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John Wiley & Sons Cities and Climate Change Responding to an Urgent Agenda
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Duke University Press The Community Economic Development Movement
Book SynopsisA study of the evolution of the Community Economic Development movement, paying particular attention to the institutional and legal mechanisms it utilises.Trade Review“A good overview of the intellectual roots and current policy context for the growing movement to rebuild this country’s communities.”—Martin Eakes, C.E.O., Self Help Credit Union“An original, informative, and important contribution to the fields of urban studies and social policy.”—Richard Briffault, Columbia Law School“An outstanding book on a very important subject. Simon has pulled together the many complex strands and woven them into a very readable, comprehensive story.”—Joel F. Handler, author of Down from Bureaucracy: The Ambiguity of Privatization and Empowerment“Community-based organizations are flourishing despite the atrophy of key parts of America's traditional civil society and turmoil in the provision of public services. Simon gives a compelling, coherent account of their success as an institutionally innovative revival of the republican idea of liberty. Whether you agree or not with the thesis, Simon's deeply informed and carefully argued book is an indispensable point of reference in the intensifying debate about the political vitality of the local in the age of the global.”—Charles Sabel, Columbia Law SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Background: The Turn to Community-Based Organizations in Social Policy 3. Three Logics of Community Action 4. The Community as Beneficiary of Economic Development 5. The Community as Agent of Economic Development 6. Constrained Property: Rights as Anchors 7. Induced Mobilization 8. Institutional Hybridization 9. The Limits of CED Index
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MD - Duke University Press Johannesburg
Book SynopsisContains essays that include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in Johannesburg, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary relationship between Johannesburg and Maputo, Mozambique's capital.Trade Review“An extraordinary exploration of what is so often left out of accounts about cities: what is beneath and what is at the edge. It goes where much of the urban scholarship leaves off or, rather, trails off. The authors’ project to write Johannesburg into today’s history will serve as a compass to enable researchers and writers to engage other cities that have been left out of history or given a narrow colonial presence.”—Saskia Sassen, author of Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages“Taken together, the essays in Johannesburg: The Elusive Metropolis offer radically new ways of thinking about this complex city, as well as many hints about emerging or re-emerging cities elsewhere. The essays challenge dominant models of urbanism and demonstrate with force and subtlety how African cities in general and Johannesburg in particular outpace urban theory. Each essay ‘de-scribes’ the city now in order to envision the city to come. In this volume, we hear—over the droning clichés that still circulate about the African city’s ruin and decadence—another note, another cadence.”—Ackbar Abbas, author of Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of DisappearanceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Afropolis / Achille Mbembe and Sarah Nuttall 1 1. Aesthetics of Superfluity / Achille Mbembe 37 2. People as Infrastructure / Abdoumaliq Simone 68 3. Stylizing the Self / Sarah Nuttall 91 4. Gandhi, Mandela, and the African Modern / Jonathan Hyslop 119 5. Art Johannesburg and Its Objects / David Bunn 137 6. The Suffering Body of the City / Frédéric Le Marcis 170 7. Literary City / Sarah Nuttall 195 Voice Lines Instant City / John Matshikiza 221 Soweto Now / Achille Mbembe, Nsizwa Dlamini, and Grace Khunou 239 The Arrivants / Tom Odhiambo and Robert Muponde 248 Johannesburg, Metropolis of Mozambique / Stefan Helgesson 259 Sounds in the City / Xavier Livermon 271 Nocturnal Johannesburg / Julia Hornberger 285 Megamalls, Generic City / Fred De Vries 297 Yeoville Confidential / Achal Prabhala 307 From the Ruins / Mark Gevisser 317 Reframing Township Space / Lindsay Bremner 337 Afterword: The Risk of Johannesburg / Arjun Appadurai and Carol A. Breckenridge 349 Bibliography 355 Contributors 375 Index
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Duke University Press Johannesburg
Book SynopsisJohannesburg is Africa's premier metropolis. This work reassesses classic theories of metropolitan modernity as it explores the experience of 'citiness' and urban life in post-apartheid South Africa. This work includes an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg.Trade Review“An extraordinary exploration of what is so often left out of accounts about cities: what is beneath and what is at the edge. It goes where much of the urban scholarship leaves off or, rather, trails off. The authors’ project to write Johannesburg into today’s history will serve as a compass to enable researchers and writers to engage other cities that have been left out of history or given a narrow colonial presence.”—Saskia Sassen, author of Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages“Taken together, the essays in Johannesburg: The Elusive Metropolis offer radically new ways of thinking about this complex city, as well as many hints about emerging or re-emerging cities elsewhere. The essays challenge dominant models of urbanism and demonstrate with force and subtlety how African cities in general and Johannesburg in particular outpace urban theory. Each essay ‘de-scribes’ the city now in order to envision the city to come. In this volume, we hear—over the droning clichés that still circulate about the African city’s ruin and decadence—another note, another cadence.”—Ackbar Abbas, author of Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of DisappearanceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Afropolis / Achille Mbembe and Sarah Nuttall 1 1. Aesthetics of Superfluity / Achille Mbembe 37 2. People as Infrastructure / Abdoumaliq Simone 68 3. Stylizing the Self / Sarah Nuttall 91 4. Gandhi, Mandela, and the African Modern / Jonathan Hyslop 119 5. Art Johannesburg and Its Objects / David Bunn 137 6. The Suffering Body of the City / Frédéric Le Marcis 170 7. Literary City / Sarah Nuttall 195 Voice Lines Instant City / John Matshikiza 221 Soweto Now / Achille Mbembe, Nsizwa Dlamini, and Grace Khunou 239 The Arrivants / Tom Odhiambo and Robert Muponde 248 Johannesburg, Metropolis of Mozambique / Stefan Helgesson 259 Sounds in the City / Xavier Livermon 271 Nocturnal Johannesburg / Julia Hornberger 285 Megamalls, Generic City / Fred De Vries 297 Yeoville Confidential / Achal Prabhala 307 From the Ruins / Mark Gevisser 317 Reframing Township Space / Lindsay Bremner 337 Afterword: The Risk of Johannesburg / Arjun Appadurai and Carol A. Breckenridge 349 Bibliography 355 Contributors 375 Index
£27.90
University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh and the Appalachians
Book SynopsisThe book assesses how Pittsburgh deindustrialization over the past decades has posed both opportunities and challenges for the city and surrounding tri-state area.
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University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh A New Portrait
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University of Pittsburgh Press Coastal Metropolis
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University of Pittsburgh Press Before Renaissance Planning in Pittsburgh 18891943
Book SynopsisExamines a half-century epoch when planners, public officials, and civic leaders engaged in a dialogue about the meaning of planning and its application for improving life in Pittsburgh. Defines Pittsburgh's key role in the national urban planning movement.
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University of Pittsburgh Press Urban Rivers
Book SynopsisUrban Rivers examines urban interventions on rivers through politics, economics, sanitation systems, technology, and societies; how rivers affected urbanization spatially, in infrastructure, territorial disputes, and in flood plains, and via their changing ecologies.
£37.95
University of Pittsburgh Press Distant Publics
Book SynopsisJenny Rice examines patterns of public discourse that have evolved in response to development in urban and suburban environments. Centering her study on Austin, Texas, Rice provides case studies of development disputes that place the reader in the middle of real-life controversies and evidence her theories of claims-based public rhetorics.
£42.63
University of Pittsburgh Press Motor City Green
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Fordham University Press Brooklyn Bridge Park
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Dying Waterfront Transformed is a remarkable telling of an important story. It's a provocative narrative of tenacity, community activism, politics, perseverance, contentious decision making, and strategic solutions. For anyone interested in urban planning, this book is a must-read. Ultimately, Witty and Krogius remind us that the public triumph of a beautiful park is well worth a good fight!" -- -Deborah Schwartz president of the Brooklyn Historical Society "As a former parks commissioner, it is amazing to me that a spectacular new waterfront park built at great public expense could be as controversial as Brooklyn Bridge Park. This excellent book details how complicated and difficult it was to conceive, design, finance, and build the park and chronicles the dedication and ingenuity of the many who made it happen." -- -Betsy Gotbaum former commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and New York City Public Advocate (2002-2009) "Only in Brooklyn! A tired waterfront becomes a great park and welcomes the world to New York's hippest borough. This fine book tells the inside story of how it happened, of how government works in the real world, of how citizen-actors and political pros produced an urban masterpiece." -- -Marty Markowitz former Brooklyn Borough president and twenty-three-year member of the New York State Senate "Brooklyn Bridge Park recounts the long-running saga of high-stakes competition over the fate of a spectacular piece of waterfront real estate. This fascinating account describes all the challenges and reveals the fascinating combination of politics and process, 'pluck and luck,' behind the result. The 'Grand Bargain' that made the park possible is a grand story." -- -Ellen Schall Senior Presidential Fellow at New York University and Martin Cherkasky Professor of Health Policy and Management at NYU Wagner "More than a simple history of the park, this book digs beneath the surface to explore why and how this environmental masterpiece came to be." -Brooklyn Daily EagleTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Stage 2. All Hell Breaks Lose a. Sidebar: Early Park Seed 3. The Manheim Years 4. A New Game: Origins of the Local Development Corporation 5. Strange Bedfellows 6. Recruiting the Team 7. Public Planning 8. Public Planning Continues 9. Money and Political Gamesmanship a. Sidebar: "Pier 4" 10. Breaking the Logjam 11. From Theoretical to Concrete 12. Housing "In the Park" 13. At Long Last, Shovels 14. Politics and Housing 15. The Park Begins to Materialize 16. Deep Differences Over a Nineteenth Century Relic 17. An Ill Wind Blows Good and Bad 18. The Growing Experience 19. Learning from the Site 20. Housing and Politics, Continued 21. Parks, Parks, Parks 22. Reflections on Brooklyn Bridge Park
£65.70
Fordham University Press Palisades The Peoples Park
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Barnabas McHenry | ix Foreword by Joshua Laird | xi 1 A Dynamite Park | 1 2 The Commission | 5 3 Upriver | 22 4 Harriman | 36 5 Legend and War | 51 6 Welch | 60 7 Bear Mountain | 71 8 Perkins | 91 9 Jolliffe | 111 10 Trail and Bridge | 128 11 Uncle Bennie | 143 12 Black Thursday | 156 13 The Compact | 173 14 The Palisades Parkway | 195 15 Storm King | 220 16 Minnewaska | 248 17 Sterling Forest | 282 18 Honor and Electronics | 332 Appendixes A. Palisades Interstate Park Commission Parks and Historic Sites | 351 B. The Public-Private Partnership to Save Sterling Forest | 353 Acknowledgments | 355 Sources | 357 Index | 387
£33.25
Fordham University Press Palisades
Book SynopsisHow the famous and not-so-famous like-minded citizens all gave their time, expertise, and money to build a park legacy of incomparable benefitThe Palisades park and historic site system in New York and New Jersey is a significant anchor-point for the spread of national and state parks across the nation. The challenge to protect these treasures began with a brutal blast of dynamite in the late nineteenth century and continues to this day. Palisades: The People's Park presents the story of getting from zero protected acres to the rich tapestry that is today's Palisades park system, located in the nation's most densely populated metropolitan region. This is an account of huge determination, moments of crisis, caustic resistance to the very idea of conservation, glorious philanthropy, a steep learning curve, and responsibilities for guardianship passed with care from one generation to the next. Despite the involvement of men of great wealth and fame from its earliest beginnings, the PalisaTable of ContentsForeword by Barnabas McHenry | ix Foreword by Joshua Laird | xi 1 A Dynamite Park | 1 2 The Commission | 5 3 Upriver | 22 4 Harriman | 36 5 Legend and War | 51 6 Welch | 60 7 Bear Mountain | 71 8 Perkins | 91 9 Jolliffe | 111 10 Trail and Bridge | 128 11 Uncle Bennie | 143 12 Black Thursday | 156 13 The Compact | 173 14 The Palisades Parkway | 195 15 Storm King | 220 16 Minnewaska | 248 17 Sterling Forest | 282 18 Honor and Electronics | 332 Appendixes A. Palisades Interstate Park Commission Parks and Historic Sites | 351 B. The Public-Private Partnership to Save Sterling Forest | 353 Acknowledgments | 355 Sources | 357 Index | 387
£111.60
Fordham University Press Sunnyside Gardens Planning and Preservation in a
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface | vii Sunnyside Gardens Chronology | ix Introduction: Sunnyside Gardens and the Garden City Idea: A Cityscape for Urban Reform | 1 I. Planning 1 The Garden City and the Garden Suburb in Great Britain | 17 2 The Garden Suburb in New York | 32 3 Planning and Building Sunnyside Gardens | 47 4 Design and Community: Architecture and Landscape as a Social Good | 67 5 Building on Success: Radburn and Phipps Garden Apartments | 86 6 Foreclosure: The Great Depression and the End of a Dream | 101 7 Envisioning the Future City | 115 II. Preservation 8 Preserving the Historic Garden Suburb in London and New York | 129 9 Preserving Sunnyside Gardens | 143 10 The Fight for the Historic District | 160 11 A Question of Appropriateness: The Aluminaire House Controversy | 178 Conclusion: A Second Century for the Garden Suburb | 193 Acknowledgments | 203 Notes | 205 Bibliography | 229 Index | 239
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