Revitalizing american cities /
Revitalizing American Cities explores the historical, regional, and political factors that have allowed some small industrial cities to regain their footing in a changing economy, and considers strategies cities can use for successful rebuilding.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The city in the twenty-first century
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http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812208887 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812208887.jpg |
Summary: |
Revitalizing American Cities explores the historical, regional, and political factors that have allowed some small industrial cities to regain their footing in a changing economy, and considers strategies cities can use for successful rebuilding. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | 40 illus. |
ISBN: | 9780812208887 |
Index Number: | HT175 |
CLC: | TU984.712 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Historical Vitality of Cities / CHAPTER 2. The Growth of Metropolitan Areas in the United States / CHAPTER 3. The Relationship Between City Center Density and Urban Growth or Decline / CHAPTER 4. Central Cities and Metropolitan Areas: Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Employment as Drivers of Growth / CHAPTER 5. Lessons from Resurgent Mid- Sized Manufacturing Cities / CHAPTER 6. Revitalizing Small Cities: A Comparative Case Study of Two Southern Mill Towns / CHAPTER 7. Parallel Histories, Diverging Trajectories: Resilience in Small Industrial Cities / CHAPTER 8. A Market- Oriented Approach to Neighborhoods / CHAPTER 9. Transformation Is Messy Work: The Complex Challenge of Spatial Reconfiguration in America s Legacy Cities / CHAPTER 10. Tactical Options for Stable Properties / CHAPTER 11. Anchor Institutions in the Northeast Megaregion: An Important But Not Fully Realized Resource / CHAPTER 12. Fields, Factories, and Workshops: Green Economic Development on the Smaller- Metro Scale / CHAPTER 13. Promoting Workforce Readiness for Urban Growth / Afterword / NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. |