Urban Problems And Community Development

Author : Ronald F. Ferguson
Publisher : Brookings Inst Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815718765
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Problems and Community Development written by Ronald F. Ferguson and published by Brookings Inst Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference? This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors--economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian--define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and workforce development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security.

Author : Ronald F. Ferguson
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815719816
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Problems and Community Development written by Ronald F. Ferguson and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference? This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors--economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian--define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and workforce development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security.

Author : Robert D. Lupton
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830833269
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Renewing the City written by Robert D. Lupton and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community developer and urban activist Robert D. Lupton looks to the Old Testament example of Nehemiah as a role model for community transformation and renewal.

Author : Erualdo R. Gonzalez
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317590236
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latino City written by Erualdo R. Gonzalez and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American cities are increasingly turning to revitalization strategies that embrace the ideas of new urbanism and the so-called creative class in an attempt to boost economic growth and prosperity to downtown areas. These efforts stir controversy over residential and commercial gentrification of working class, ethnic areas. Spanning forty years, Latino City provides an in-depth case study of the new urbanism, creative class, and transit-oriented models of planning and their implementation in Santa Ana, California, one of the United States’ most Mexican communities. It provides an intimate analysis of how revitalization plans re-imagine and alienate a place, and how community-based participation approaches address the needs and aspirations of lower-income Latino urban areas undergoing revitalization. The book provides a critical introduction to the main theoretical debates and key thinkers related to the new urbanism, transit-oriented, and creative class models of urban revitalization. It is the first book to examine contemporary models of choice for revitalization of US cities from the point of view of a Latina/o-majority central city, and thus initiates new lines of analysis and critique of models for Latino inner city neighborhood and downtown revitalization in the current period of socio-economic and cultural change. Latino City will appeal to students and scholars in urban planning, urban studies, urban history, urban policy, neighborhood and community development, central city development, urban politics, urban sociology, geography, and ethnic/Latino Studies, as well as practitioners, community organizations, and grassroots leaders immersed in these fields.

Author : Michael H. Schill
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438418957
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Housing and Community Development in New York City written by Michael H. Schill and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1999-01-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading housing scholars and practitioners provide a comprehensive, up-to-date description and analysis of housing and community development policy as they examine one of America's largest and most important cities. Throughout the nation's history, New York City has been at the forefront of housing policy creativity and innovation. As the federal government's role in social policy continues to shrink and authority devolves to local governments, the focus in urban policy turns to America's cities. New York City's experience provides useful lessons for other municipalities on both the opportunities and pitfalls for government intervention in the housing market. Housing and Community Development in New York City comprehensively explores a full range of policy issues including the analysis of current housing problems and demographics; examination of federally supported housing assistance programs such as public housing and Section 8; scrutiny of the City's response to homelessness and the abandonment of private sector housing; and a look at New York's innovative program to rebuild neighborhoods with public-private partnerships. [Contributors include Victor Bach, Frank P. Braconi, Dennis Culhane, Paula Galowitz, Steve Metraux, Peter D. Salins, Benjamin P. Scafidi, Michael H. Schill, Alex Schwartz, Philip Thompson, Avis Vidal, Susan Wachter, and Kathryn Wylde.]

Author : Anthony Downs
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815717342
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neighborhoods and Urban Development written by Anthony Downs and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American cities are shifting collections of individual neghborhoods. Thousands of residents move every year within and among neighborhoods; their flows across a city can radically and quickly alter the character of its neighborhoods. What is behind all this ferment—the decline of one area, the revitalization of another? Can the process be made more rational? Can city neighborhoods be stabilized--and older cities thus preserved? This book argues that such flows of residents are not random. Rather, they are closely linked to overall migration into or out of each metropolitan area and to the way U.S. cities develop. Downs contends that both urban development and the social problems it spawns are built upon social arrangements designed to benefit the middle-class majority. Racial segregation divides housing in each metropolitan area into two or more markets. Socioeconomic segregation subdivides neighborhoods within each market into a class hierarchy. The poor live mainly in the oldest neighborhoods, close to the urban center. The affluent live in the newest neighborhoods, mostly at the urban periphery. This separation stems not from pure market forces but from exclusionary laws that make the construction of low-cost housing illegal in most neighborhoods. The resulting pattern determines where housing is built and what housing is left to decay. Downs uses data from U.S. cities to illustrate neighborhood change and to reach conclusions about ways to cope with it. he explores the causes and nature of racial segregation and integration, and he evaluates neighborhood revitalization programs, which in reviving part of a city often displace many poor residents. He presents a timely analysis of the effect of higher energy costs upon urban sprawl, argues the wisdom of reviving older cities rather than helping their residents move elsewhere, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of public and private policies at the federal, state, metropolitan-area,

Author : Howard Frumkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Sprawl and Public Health written by Howard Frumkin and published by . This book was released on 2004-07-09 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Urban Sprawl and Public Health' offers a survey of the impact that the built environment can have on the health of the people who inhabit our cities. The authors go on to suggest ways in which the design of cities could be improved & have a positive impact on the well-being of their citizens.

Author : Vivian Fletcher
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781634850834
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban and Rural Developments written by Vivian Fletcher and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides research on urban and rural developments. Chapter One reviews Japanese tourism-based community development and provides recommendations for development options in Japan. Chapter Two identifies the main challenges of territorial impacts of sectoral and territorially based policies. Chapter Three addresses mollusk gatherers in the main traditional communities of northeastern Brazil and explores how these communities face problems in maintaining their exclusive living conditions and identities. Chapter Four analyzes a Nigerian case for urban growth and rural development. Chapter Five explicates Nigerias approach to the provision of infrastructure for urban housing. Chapter Six disentangles the poorly understood relationship between landfills and economic development. Chapter Seven examines professional sports franchises and city status. Chapter Eight discusses the planning implications of an Edge Sports Complex in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Author : Naomi Carmon
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812222393
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy, Planning, and People written by Naomi Carmon and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy, Planning, and People presents original essays by leading authorities in the field of urban policy and planning. The volume includes theoretical and practice-based essays that integrate social equity considerations into state-of-the-art discussions of findings in a variety of planning issues.

Author : United States. President's Urban and Regional Policy Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Partnership to Conserve America's Communities written by United States. President's Urban and Regional Policy Group and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: