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 |
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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
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Urbanization -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies
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City planning -- New Jersey -- Case studies
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781000850529 |
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1000850528 |
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