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Revitalizing American Cities.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The City in the Twenty-First Century SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (329 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812208887
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Revitalizing American CitiesDDC classification:
  • 307.3/4160905
LOC classification:
  • HT175 -- .R475 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. CITY DECLINE AND REVIVAL -- Chapter 1. The Historical Vitality of Cities -- Chapter 2. The Growth of Metropolitan Areas in the United States -- Chapter 3. The Relationship Between City Center Density and Urban Growth or Decline -- Chapter 4. Central Cities and Metropolitan Areas: Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Employment as Drivers of Growth -- PART II. DISCOVERING RESILIENCE -- Chapter 5. Lessons from Resurgent Mid-Sized Manufacturing Cities -- Chapter 6. Revitalizing Small Cities: A Comparative Case Study of Two Southern Mill Towns -- Chapter 7. Parallel Histories, Diverging Trajectories: Resilience in Small Industrial Cities -- PART III. LAND AND NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY -- Chapter 8. A Market-Oriented Approach to Neighborhoods -- Chapter 9. Transformation Is Messy Work: The Complex Challengeof Spatial Reconfi guration in America's Legacy Cities -- Chapter 10. Tactical Options for Stable Properties -- PART IV. THE NEW ECONOMY AND CITIES -- Chapter 11. Anchor Institutions in the Northeast Megaregion: An Important but Not Fully Realized Resource -- Chapter 12. Fields, Factories, and Workshops: Green Economic Development on the Smaller-Metro Scale -- Chapter 13. Promoting Workforce Readiness for Urban Growth -- Afterword -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. CITY DECLINE AND REVIVAL -- Chapter 1. The Historical Vitality of Cities -- Chapter 2. The Growth of Metropolitan Areas in the United States -- Chapter 3. The Relationship Between City Center Density and Urban Growth or Decline -- Chapter 4. Central Cities and Metropolitan Areas: Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Employment as Drivers of Growth -- PART II. DISCOVERING RESILIENCE -- Chapter 5. Lessons from Resurgent Mid-Sized Manufacturing Cities -- Chapter 6. Revitalizing Small Cities: A Comparative Case Study of Two Southern Mill Towns -- Chapter 7. Parallel Histories, Diverging Trajectories: Resilience in Small Industrial Cities -- PART III. LAND AND NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY -- Chapter 8. A Market-Oriented Approach to Neighborhoods -- Chapter 9. Transformation Is Messy Work: The Complex Challengeof Spatial Reconfi guration in America's Legacy Cities -- Chapter 10. Tactical Options for Stable Properties -- PART IV. THE NEW ECONOMY AND CITIES -- Chapter 11. Anchor Institutions in the Northeast Megaregion: An Important but Not Fully Realized Resource -- Chapter 12. Fields, Factories, and Workshops: Green Economic Development on the Smaller-Metro Scale -- Chapter 13. Promoting Workforce Readiness for Urban Growth -- Afterword -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

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.

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