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Author Kromer, John

Title Fixing Broken Cities New Investment Policies for a Changed World
Edition 2nd ed
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (338 p.)
Contents Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Photo and Map Credits -- Introduction -- 1 The Ten-Year Tax Abatement: An Equitable Development Controversy and a Political Compromise -- 2 The Center City District: Rethinking Downtown and Post-Pandemic Futures -- 3 The Transition Zone: Remaking a Neighborhood and Revisiting, 25 Years Later -- 4 The Neighborhood Transformation Initiative: An Ambitious Policy, a Land Management Problem, and an Organizational Development Success
5 Two Institution-Assisted Neighborhood Public School Ventures, a Generation Apart: Penn Alexander and Powel/SLAMS -- 6 The West Philadelphia Fire House: Constructing a Community Partnership and Witnessing Neighborhood Change, 1982-2022 -- 7 Public Power and Political Dynamics in Camden: The State Receivership, Grow NJ, and the Newest Waterfront Plan -- 8 Two Inheritances for a New Administration in Allentown, Pennsylvania: A Rental Housing Crisis and a Wealth-Generating Neighborhood Improvement Zone -- 9 Conclusion: Three Glimpses of the Future -- Index
Summary Fixing Broken Cities explores the planning, execution, and impact of urban repopulation and investment strategies that were launched in the wake of two crises: late twentieth-century economic disinvestment and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject City planning -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies
Urbanization -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies
City planning -- New Jersey -- Case studies
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000850529
1000850528