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Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods: Achievements, Opportunities, and Limits
Author(s): W. Dennis Keating (Editor), Norman Krumholz
- Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date: 12 Oct. 1999
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761906916
- ISBN-13: 9780761906919
Book Description
Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods presents a timely look at some of the most troubled neighborhoods in eight American cities: Atlanta, Camden, Chicago, Cleveland, East Saint Louis, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City. The authors, W. Dennis Keating and Norman Krumholz, review past federal policies and early assessments of the latest federal initiative, the Empowerment Zone. They find some signs of revival even in the most distressed urban neighborhoods, but often as an overlay to persistent poverty and social problems. The case studies emphasize the important roles played by Community Development Corporations, and the book concludes with an analysis of the future prospects for distressed urban neighborhoods.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“. . .a useful book, clearly written. . .accessible for students of urban studies and the practitioners who wish to know about the American efforts to deal with the problems of distressed neighborhoods.”
— Ali Madanipour
