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Why Detroit matters : decline, renewal, and hope in a divided city /

This edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city's most influential writers, planners, artists and activists.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Doucet, Brian, 1980- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section one: Lessons from Detroit. Detroit's bankruptcy: treating the symptom, not the cause / George Galster
  • Detroit in bankruptcy: what are the lessons to be learned? / Reynolds Farley
  • Between economic revival and social disruption: the redevelopment of greater downtown and the emergence of new socio-spatial inequalities / René Kreichauf
  • A new urban medicine show: on the limits of blight remediation / Joshua Akers
  • Reshaping the gray spaces: resident self-provisioning and urban form in Detroit / KImberley Kinder
  • Preserving Detroit by preserving its baseball history / Jason Roche
  • This is (not) Detroit: projecting the future of Germany's Ruhr regoin / Julia Sattler
  • Intermezzo I: You may not know my Detroit / jessica Care moore.
  • Section two: Practices from Detroit. Evolutoin of municipal government in Detroit / John Gallagher
  • Detroit's emerging innovation in urban infrastructure: how liabilities become assets for energy, water, industry, and informatics / Dan Kinkead
  • Visions in confilct: a city of possibilities / Sharon Howell and Richard Feldman
  • Reconstructing Detroit: the resilient city / Khalil Ligon
  • Reawakening culture among Detroit's resident majority / Jessica Brooke Williams
  • Make sure you are helping: experts, solidarity, and effective partnering with locals / Drew Philp
  • New strategies DMC, takin' it all back home: lessons from Detrois for arts practices in the Netherlands / Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte, adn Nikos Doulos
  • Intermezzo II: My Detroit / Tyree Guyton.
  • Section three: Conversations from Detroit. Lowell Boileau, artist and founder of DetroitYES
  • Sandra Hines, Detropit Coalition Against Police Brutality
  • Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
  • Dan Carmody, Easter Market Corporation
  • Jackie Victor, Avalon International Breads
  • Phil Cooley, Entrepreneur, owner of Slows, Bar-B-Q and Ponyride
  • Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis, Feedom Freedom Farmers
  • Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman, and Marisol Teachworth, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School
  • Yusef Bunchy Shakur, author and neighbourhood organizer
  • Grace Lee Boggs, activist (1915-2015)
  • Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city / Brian Doucet.