House by house, block by block : the rebirth of America's urban neighborhoods /

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Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Von Hoffman, Alexander
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Urban renewal > United States.
Community development, Urban > United States > Case studies.
Inner cities > United States.
Urban policy > United States.
Rénovation urbaine > États-Unis.
Développement communautaire urbain > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Quartiers défavorisés > États-Unis.
Politique urbaine > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Community development, Urban
Inner cities
Urban policy
Urban renewal
United States
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The quest to save the inner city : a historical perspective
  • Miracle on 174th Street
  • Boston and the power of collaboration
  • In the rust belt : can the ghetto be rebuilt?
  • Olympic efforts in boomtown
  • New immigrants transform the old city.

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