The editors and contributors to this volume are not willing to accept what is known as uneven development, where some cities win and some lose. They look at two practical consequences of urban growth: the change in residence patterns as neighborhoods gentrify, and the change in employment patterns, as factory workers lose jobs and white-collar workers gain jobs. The editors' goal is to highlight the alternatives to uneven development and to the growth ideology. They outline and advocate specific policies, including affordable housing, changes in taxation, and direct community participation in planning and zoning decisions. "Challenging Uneven Development "begins with a rousing discussion of the pervasiveness of the community redevelopment ideology. The growth machine defines the language of the debate. The next group of chapters examine residence patterns--how communities have organized to fight gentrification, why residential integration is essential for good planning as well as morality, and what strategies can be used to achieve racial diversity. Another chapter emphasizes the role of lenders in regulating the flow of credit within communities. Disinvestment by credit providers causes decline, and opens the way for gentrification, which displaces local residents. The impact of taxes in stimulating the growth machine is also explained. Later chapters move beyond gentrification issues to examine other problems of economic restructuring. They look at how blacks, Latinos, and women have been affected by the growth of service sector jobs. The final chapter serves as a strategic guide to those who wish to establish a progressive agenda for community-based economic development. The authors call for social change, not unimaginative reform.The contributors to this volume are leaders or researchers from community organizations, civic groups, government agencies, and universities. In addition to the editors, they are Mel King, Teresa Cordova, Daniel Lauber, Jena Pogge, David Flax-Hatch, Arthur Lyons, Wendy Wintermute, Charles Hicklin, Jeffrey D. Reckinger, David Mosena, Charlotte Chun, Raymndo Flores, Luther Snow, Deborah Bennett, John Betancur, and Patricia Wright. They have presented "state-of-the-art" progressive policy solutions for urban problems."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10
0813516595
ISBN-13
9780813516592
eBay Product ID (ePID)
846247
Product Key Features
Author
Philip Nyden
Publication Name
Challenging Uneven Development : an Urban Agenda for the 1990s
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ht167.C44 1991
Copyright Date
1991
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Urban & Regional, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Sociology / Urban
Lccn
90-045221
Genre
Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science