Vulnerable Communities : : Research, Policy, and Practice in Small Cities / / ed. by Emily J. Wornell, Dagney G. Faulk, James J. Connolly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Connolly, James J.,; Dangal, Vikash,; Dawicki, Colleen,; Erickson, Jennifer,; Fannin, J. Matthew,; Faulk, Dagney,; Goodnight, Greg,; Grady Holt, William,; Hicks, Michael J.,; Lebovits, Hannah,; Mallach, Alan,; Schaal, Pamela,; Taylor, Charles D.,; Way, Henry,; Wornell, Emily J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Connolly, James J.,; Faulk, Dagney G.,; Wornell, Emily J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 7 b&w halftones, 10 maps, 15 charts

Vulnerable Communities examines the struggles of smaller cities in the United States, those with populations between 20,000 and 200,000. Like many larger metropolitan centers, these places are confronting change within a globalized economic and cultural order. Many of them have lost their identities as industrial or commercial centers and face a complex and distinctive mix of economic, social, and civic challenges. Small cities not only have fewer resources but different strengths and weaknesses, all of which differentiate their experiences from those of larger communities.Vulnerable Communities draws together scholars from a broad range of disciplines to consider the present condition and future prospects of smaller American cities. Contributors offer a mix of ground-level analyses and examinations of broader developments that have impacted economically weakened communities while providing concrete ideas for local leaders engaged in redevelopment work. The essays remind policy makers and academics alike that it is necessary to consider cultural tensions and place-specific conflicts that can derail even the most well-crafted redevelopment strategies prescribed for these communities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Vulnerable Communities: An Introduction -- Part I INTERNAL DYNAMICS -- 1. The Perils of “In-Betweenness”: Fragmented Growth in a Virginia Small City, -- 2. Building Civic Infrastructure in Smaller Cities: Lessons from the Boston Fed’s Working Cities Challenge on Paving the Way for Economic Opportunity -- 3. Diversity in the Dakotas: Lessons on Intercultural Policies -- 4. Shaking Off the Rust in the American South: Deindustrialization, Abandonment, and Revitalization in Bessemer, Alabama -- Part II PATTERNS AND STRATEGIES -- 5. The Economic Fortunes of Small Industrial Cities and Towns: Manufacturing, Place Luck, and the Urban Transfer Payment Economy -- 6. Where Do Small Cities Belong? The Case of the Micropolitan Area -- 7. Conceptualizing Shrinking Inner-Ring Suburbs as Small Cities: Governance in Communities in Transition -- 8. Local Government Responses to Property Tax Caps: An Analysis of Indiana Municipal Governments -- 9. Asymmetric Local Employment Multipliers, Agglomeration, and the Disappearance of Footloose Jobs -- Afterword, Greg Goodnight -- Appendixes -- Notes on Contributors -- Index