The Paradox of Urban Revitalization : : Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era /

The Paradox of Urban Revitalization : : Progress and Poverty in America's Postindustrial Era / / Howard Gillette.

In the twenty-first century, cities in the United States that had suffered most the shift to a postindustrial era entered a period widely proclaimed as an urban renaissance. From Detroit to Newark to Oakland and elsewhere commentators saw cities rising again. Yet revitalization generated a second ur...

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Gillette, Howard,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:The City in the Twenty-First Century
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 30 b/w, 2 maps, 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Captives of the Old Paradigm
  • Chapter 1. Baltimore: Despite Multiple Rebirths, a City Still Divided
  • Chapter 2. Detroit: Despite a Visionary Strategic Plan, a City Still Depressed
  • Chapter 3. Camden: Despite Massive Business Incentives, Still a City of Limited Opportunity
  • Part II. Shifting Ground
  • Chapter 4. Milwaukee: Beyond the New Urbanism, Questions of Equity and Justice
  • Chapter 5. New Haven: In a “Model City” Dominated by Eds and Meds, Still Contested Development
  • Chapter 6. Washington, D.C.: In Chocolate City, a Fight to Hold On
  • Part III. Breaking Through
  • Chapter 7. Oakland: What Resistance Can Achieve
  • Chapter 8. Pittsburgh: Where Equity Seeks to Catch Up with Innovation
  • Chapter 9. Newark: The Hard Road to Inclusive Growth
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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