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The paradox of urban revitalization : progress and poverty in America's postindustrial era /

Even as postindustrial cities have climbed from the depths of decline in the twenty-first century, they have witnessed a cruel paradox: with prosperity has come greater inequality. Tracing the origins and effects of uneven revitalization, this book examines the genesis of America's second urban...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillette, Howard, Jr., 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Colección:City in the twenty-first century book series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Captives of the old paradigm. Baltimore : despite multiple rebirths, a city still divided
  • Detroit : despite a visionary strategic plan, a city still depressed
  • Camden : despite massive business incentives, still a city of limited opportunity
  • Part II. Shifting ground. Milwaukee : beyond the new urbanism, questions of equity and justice
  • New Haven : in a "model city" dominated by eds and meds, still contested development
  • Washington, D.C. : in chocolate city, a fight to hold on
  • Part III. Breaking through. Oakland : what resistance can achieve
  • Pittsburgh : where equity seeks to catch up with innovation
  • Newark : the hard road to inclusive growth.