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Book Reinventing America s Legacy Cities

Download or read book Reinventing America s Legacy Cities written by and published by The American Assembly. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reinventing America s Legacy Cities

Download or read book Reinventing America s Legacy Cities written by American Assembly Staff and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report of the 110th American Assembly--a collection of public policy discussions.

Book Baltimore  Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City

Download or read book Baltimore Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City written by Klaus Philipsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baltimore: Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City is an exploration into the reinvention, self-reflection and boosterism of US legacy cities, taking Baltimore as the case study model to reveal the larger narrative. Author Klaus Philipsen investigates the modern urban condition and the systemic problems involved with adapting metropolitan regions into equitable and sustainable communities, covering topics such as growth, urban sprawl, the depletion of cities, social justice, smart city and open data, transportation, community development, sustainability and diversity. Baltimore’s proximity to the US capital, combined with its industrial past, presents the optimum viewpoint to investigate these challenges and draw parallels with cities across the world.

Book Regenerating America s Legacy Cities

Download or read book Regenerating America s Legacy Cities written by Alan Mallach and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mapping America s Legacy Cities

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Max Bond Center on Design for the Just City; School of Architecture - City College of New York
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781495173691
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Mapping America s Legacy Cities written by J. Max Bond Center on Design for the Just City; School of Architecture - City College of New York and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rebuilding America s Legacy Cities

Download or read book Rebuilding America s Legacy Cities written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For America's legacy cities--cities losing population and their economic base--this book puts forth strategies to create smaller, healthier cities. Creative strategies for using vacant land need to be matched with successful efforts to stabilize the local economy and re-engage residents in the workforce, and to reinvigorate the city's still-viable neighborhoods. This volume offers a broader discussion which recognizes the complex relationships between today's problems and their solutions.--From publisher.

Book Finding New Forms for America s Legacy Cities

Download or read book Finding New Forms for America s Legacy Cities written by Alan Mallach and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Legacy Cities

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Rosie Tighe
  • Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Release : 2019-06-13
  • ISBN : 0822986884
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book Legacy Cities written by J. Rosie Tighe and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legacy cities, also commonly referred to as shrinking, or post-industrial cities, are places that have experienced sustained population loss and economic contraction. In the United States, legacy cities are those that are largely within the Rust Belt that thrived during the first half of the 20th century. In the second half of the century, these cities declined in economic power and population leaving a legacy of housing stock, warehouse districts, and infrastructure that is ripe for revitalization. This volume explores not only the commonalities across legacy cities in terms of industrial heritage and population decline, but also their differences. Legacy Cities poses the questions: What are the legacies of legacy cities? How do these legacies drive contemporary urban policy, planning and decision-making? And, what are the prospects for the future of these cities? Contributors primarily focus on Cleveland, Ohio, but all Rust Belt cities are discussed.

Book Regenerating America s Legacy Cities

Download or read book Regenerating America s Legacy Cities written by Alan Mallach and published by Lincoln Inst of Land Policy. This book was released on 2013 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study offers a way to think about the regeneration of America's legacy cities -- older industrial cities that have experienced sustained job and population loss over the past few decades. It argues that regeneration is grounded in the cities' abilities to find new forms. These include not only new physical forms that reflect the changing economy and social fabric, but also new forms of export-oriented economic activity, new models of governance and leadership, and new ways to build stronger regional and metropolitan relationships. The report also identifies the powerful obstacles that stand in the way of fundamental change, and suggests directions by which cities can overcome those obstacles and embark on the path of regeneration.

Book After the Factory

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  • Author : James J. Connolly
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • Release : 2010-10-14
  • ISBN : 0739148257
  • Pages : 255 pages

Download or read book After the Factory written by James J. Connolly and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most pressing question facing the small and mid-sized cities of America's industrial heartland is how to reinvent themselves. Once-thriving communities in the Northeastern and Midwestern U. S. have decayed sharply as the high-wage manufacturing jobs that provided the foundation for their prosperity disappeared. A few larger cities had the resources to adjust, but most smaller places that relied on factory work have struggled to do so. Unless and until they find new economic roles for themselves, the small cities will continue to decline. Reinventing these smaller cities is a tall order. A few might still function as nodes of industrial production. But landing a foreign-owned auto manufacturer or a green energy plant hardly solves every problem. The new jobs will not be unionized and thus will not pay nearly as much as the positions lost. The competition among localities for high-tech and knowledge economy firms is intense. Decaying towns with poor schools and few amenities are hardly in a good position to attract the 'creative-class' workers they need. Getting to the point where they can lure such companies will require extensive retooling, not just economically but in terms of their built environment, cultural character, political economy, and demographic mix. Such changes often run counter to the historical currents that defined these places as factory towns. After the Factory examines the fate of industrial small cities from a variety of angles. It includes essays from a variety of disciplines that consider the sources and character of economic growth in small cities. They delve into the history of industrial small cities, explore the strategies that some have adopted, and propose new tacks for these communities as they struggle to move forward in the twenty-first century. Together, they constitute a unique look at an important and understudied dimension of urban studies and globalization.

Book Equitably Developing America    s Smaller Legacy Cities

Download or read book Equitably Developing America s Smaller Legacy Cities written by Alison Goebel and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many smaller industrial cities in the Rust Belt declined in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This report presents strategies for reinventing these places--tapping their full potential while preparing workers for jobs, helping local businesses expand, empowering residents to become civic leaders, and preventing displacement.

Book Revitalizing America s Smaller Legacy Cities

Download or read book Revitalizing America s Smaller Legacy Cities written by Torey Hollingsworth and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the unique challenges of smaller American legacy cities -- older industrial centers with populations of less than 200,000, located primarily in the Midwest and Northeast. These cities are critical sites for a number of global economic and demographic transformations, and must fundamentally reconsider how to rebuild and sustain strong economies, housing markets, and workforces. This report identifies replicable strategies that have assisted smaller legacy cities weather these transformations, find their competitive edge, and transform into thriving, sustainable communities.

Book Reinventing Development Regulations

Download or read book Reinventing Development Regulations written by Jonathan Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Relating development to the natural environment -- Managing climate change locally -- Encouraging walking by mixing land uses and housing types -- Preserving historic landmarks and districts -- Creating more affordable housing, promoting environmental justice -- Establishing design principles and standards for public spaces and buildings -- Implementing regulations while safeguarding private property interests

Book Revitalizing American Cities

Download or read book Revitalizing American Cities written by Susan M. Wachter and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Redefining Black Power

Download or read book Redefining Black Power written by Joanne Griffith and published by City Lights Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conversations with black leaders and activists exploring current African American political and cultural life.

Book Our Towns

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Fallows
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2018-05-08
  • ISBN : 1101871857
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Our Towns written by James Fallows and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • The basis for the HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.

Book America s Mayor

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sam Roberts
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9780231152617
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book America s Mayor written by Sam Roberts and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about Lindsay's dream to reinvent New York. Fully a half century since Lindsay was elected to public office, the aftershocks of his record still reverberate as a government grappling with the consequences of immigration, income inequality, a healthcare crisis, and environmental adversity confronts the legacy of the 1960s. --