DIY Detroit : Making Do in a City without Services /

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For ten years James Robertson walked the twenty-one-mile round-trip from his Detroit home to his factory job; when his story went viral, it brought him an outpouring of attention and support. But what of Robertson's Detroit neighbors, likewise stuck in a blighted city without services as basic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinder, Kimberley (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban renewal > Citizen participation.
Urban policy > Citizen participation.
Municipal services > Citizen participation.
Economic history.
Community development.
Civic improvement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Politique urbaine > Michigan > Detroit > Participation des citoyens.
Villes > Amenagement et assainissement > Michigan > Detroit.
Services municipaux > Michigan > Detroit > Participation des citoyens.
Renovation urbaine > Michigan > Detroit > Participation des citoyens.
Urban policy > Michigan > Detroit > Citizen participation.
Civic improvement > Michigan > Detroit.
Municipal services > Michigan > Detroit > Citizen participation.
Urban renewal > Michigan > Detroit > Citizen participation.
Community development > Michigan > Detroit.
Michigan > Detroit.
Detroit (Mich.) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: self-provisioning in Detroit
  • Do-it-yourself cities
  • Seeking new neighbors
  • Protecting vacant homes
  • Repurposing abandonment
  • Domesticating public works
  • Policing home spaces
  • Producing local knowledge
  • Conclusion: triumphs of hope over reason.

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