Rebuilding urban neighborhoods : achievements, opportunities, and limits / W. Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, editors.

Reporting the progress in the fight against the ingrained poverty and social problems of many areas within the US, this text includes case studies from many cities which highlight the achievements in such communities.

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Online Access: Full Text (via SAGE)
Other Authors: Keating, W. Dennis (William Dennis), Krumholz, Norman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications, ©1999.
Series:Cities & planning series ; v. 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / W. Dennis Keating
  • Federal policy and poor urban neighborhoods / W. Dennis Keating
  • Atlanta : Peoplestown-- resilience and tenacity versus institutional hostility / Larry Keating
  • Camden, New Jersey : urban decay and the absence of public-private partnerships / Robert A. Catlin
  • Chicago : community building on Chicago's west side-- North Lawndale, 1960-1997 / Robert Giloth
  • Cleveland : the Hough and central neighborhoods-- empowerment zones and other urban policies / Norman Krumholz
  • Detroit : staying the course--Detroit's struggle to revitalize the inner city / Mittie O. Chandler
  • East St. Louis, Illinois : promoting community development through empowerment planning / Kenneth Reardon
  • Los Angeles : borders to poverty-- empowerment zones and spatial politics of development / Ali Modarres
  • Miami : the Overtown neighborhood-- a generation of revitalization strategies gone awry / Dennis E. Gale
  • New York : challenges facing neighborhoods in distress / Thomas Angotti
  • Future prospects for distressed urban neighborhoods / W. Dennis Keating and Norman Krumholz.