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Urban Revitalization - Remaking cities in a changing world (Paperback)
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Urban Revitalization - Remaking cities in a changing world (Paperback)
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Following decades of neglect and decline, many US cities have
undergone a dramatic renaissance. From New York to Nashville and
Pittsburgh to Portland governments have implemented innovative
redevelopment strategies to adapt to a globally integrated,
post-industrial economy and cope with declining industries, tax
bases, and populations. However, despite the prominence of new
amenities in revitalized neighborhoods, spectacular architectural
icons, and pedestrian friendly entertainment districts, the urban
comeback has been highly uneven. Even thriving cities are defined
by a bifurcated population of creative class professionals and a
low-wage, low-skilled workforce. Many are home to diverse and
thriving immigrant communities, but also contain economically and
socially segregated neighborhoods. They have transformed
high-profile central city brownfields, but many disadvantaged
neighborhoods continue to grapple with abandoned and
environmentally contaminated sites. As urban cores boom, inner-ring
suburban areas increasingly face mounting problems, while other
shrinking cities continue to wrestle with long-term decline. The
Great Recession brought additional challenges to planning and
development professionals and community organizations alike as they
work to maintain successes and respond to new problems. It is
crucial that students of urban revitalization recognize these
challenges, their impacts on different populations, and the
implications for crafting effective and equitable revitalization
policy. Urban Revitalization: Remaking Cities in a Changing World
will be a guide in this learning process. This textbook will be the
first to comprehensively and critically synthesize the successful
approaches and pressing challenges involved in urban
revitalization. The book is divided into five sections. In the
introductory section, we set the stage by providing a conceptual
framework to understand urban revitalization that links a political
economy perspective with an appreciation of socio-cultural factors
in explaining urban change. Stemming from this, we will explain the
significance of revitalization and present a summary of the key
debates, issues and conflicts surrounding revitalization efforts.
Section II will examine the historical causes for decline in
central city and inner-ring suburban areas and shrinking cities
and, building from the conceptual framework, discuss theory useful
to explain the factors that shape contemporary revitalization
initiatives and outcomes. Section III will introduce students to
the analytical techniques and key data sources for urban
revitalization planning. Section IV will provide an in-depth,
criticaldiscussion of contemporary urban revitalization policies,
strategies, and projects. This section will offer a rich set of
case studies that contextualize key themes and strategic areas
across a range of contexts including the urban core, central city
neighborhoods, suburban areas, and shrinking cities. Lastly,
Section V concludes by reflecting on the current state of urban
revitalization planning and the emerging challenges the field must
face in the future. Urban Revitalization will integrate academic
and policy research with professional knowledge and techniques. Its
key strength will be the combination of a critical examination of
best practices and innovative approaches with an overview of the
methods used to understand local situations and urban
revitalization processes. A unique feature will be chapter-specific
case studies of contemporary urban revitalization projects and
questions geared toward generatingclassroom discussion around key
issues. The book will be written in an accessible style and
thoughtfully organized to provide graduate and upper-level
undergraduate students with a comprehensive resource that will also
serve as a reference guide for professionals
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