Breakthrough Communities : Sustainability and Justice in the Next American Metropolis.

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Roots of the Regional Equity Movement and the Reinterpretation of Metropolitan Space -- SECTION 1 Moving Beyond Apartheid in the Next American Metropolis -- 1 From Bootstrap Community Development to Regional Equity -- 2 Scaling Up -- 3 Reinterpreting Metropolitan Space as a Strategy for Social Justice -- SECTION 2 Environment, Transportation, and Land Use in the Quest for Racial Justice -- 4 The Roots of Environmental Justice -- 5 Addressing Urban Transportation Equity in the United States -- 6 Race, Class, and Real Estate -- SECTION 3 Geographic Context, Sustainability, and Regional Equity -- 7 Development and Opportunity in Small Towns and Rural Communities -- 8 Katrina Is Everywhere -- 9 Growing Together, or Growing Apart? -- II Breakthrough Communities -- SECTION 1 Saying No to Forces Destroying the Community -- 10 Rekindling Hope in Cleveland -- 11 Closing the Gaps -- 12 Neighbors Building Neighborhoods -- 13 Transforming Brownfield Communities -- SECTION 2 Getting Grounded in Place, Time, and Community -- 14 Community Activism for Creative Rebuilding of Neighborhoods -- 15 Opportunity-based Housing in Atlanta -- 16 A Regional Approach to Affordable Housing -- 17 Preserving Heirs' Property in Coastal South Carolina -- SECTION 3 Exploring New Horizons -- 18 LAX Rising -- 19 Community Benefits Agreements -- 20 Reshaping a Region After September 11 -- 21 Faith-based Organizing for Metro Equity in Detroit -- 22 Values, Vision, and Message -- SECTION 4 Saying Yes -- 23 Bridging the Bay -- 24 Poor City, Rich Region -- 25 Farms to Schools -- III Regional Equity and the Future of Sustainable Metropolitan Communities -- SECTION 1 Building the Capacity of the Regional Equity Movement -- 26 Building the Capacity of the Regional Equity Movement.

SECTION 2 Reaching Out to New Strategic Partners -- 27 Business, Grass Roots, and the Regional Agenda -- 28 Measuring Success -- 29 Networking for Social Justice -- 30 Sharing the New Story -- SECTION 3 Uncovering Global Linkages for Sustainable Metropolitan Communities -- 31 Climate Change and the Quest for Regional Equity -- 32 A Global Perspective -- SECTION 4 Beyond Segregation -- 33 Beyond Segregation -- IV Resources -- Bibliography -- Contributor Biographies -- Authors' Organizations -- Index.

Activists, analysts, and practitioners describe innovative strategies that promote healthy neighborhoods, fair housing, and accessible transportation throughout America's cities and suburbs.

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