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With almost one in ten post-industrial US cities shrinking in recent years, this book looks at the reasons for the failure (and success) of affordable housing experiences in these cities, stressing the importance of siting affordable housing in areas that ensure more equitable urban revitalisation.

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"Researchers, students and practitioners focusing on urban planning and housing policy issues will find this book fruitful" Lectures
"In their analysis of five shrinking cities, the authors offer important lessons for institutionalizing more equitable planning processes and siting affordable housing to locate poorer residents in neighborhoods of opportunity." Dennis Keating, Professor of Urban Studies, Cleveland State University

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Social Equity and Siting Affordable Housing in Shrinking Cities; Present-Day Detroit; Present-Day New Orleans; Present-Day Cleveland; Present-Day Pittsburgh; Present-Day Buffalo; Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Siting Affordable Housing.

Affordable Housing in US Shrinking Cities

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9781447327585, 978-1447327585
      ISBN10: 1447327586
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With almost one in ten post-industrial US cities shrinking in recent years, this book looks at the reasons for the failure (and success) of affordable housing experiences in these cities, stressing the importance of siting affordable housing in areas that ensure more equitable urban revitalisation.

      Trade Review
      "Researchers, students and practitioners focusing on urban planning and housing policy issues will find this book fruitful" Lectures
      "In their analysis of five shrinking cities, the authors offer important lessons for institutionalizing more equitable planning processes and siting affordable housing to locate poorer residents in neighborhoods of opportunity." Dennis Keating, Professor of Urban Studies, Cleveland State University

      Table of Contents
      Social Equity and Siting Affordable Housing in Shrinking Cities; Present-Day Detroit; Present-Day New Orleans; Present-Day Cleveland; Present-Day Pittsburgh; Present-Day Buffalo; Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Siting Affordable Housing.

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