| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 394 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Section one: Lessons from Detroit. Detroit's bankruptcy: treating the symptom, not the cause / George Galster -- Detroit in bankruptcy: what are the lessons to be learned? / Reynolds Farley -- Between economic revival and social disruption: the redevelopment of greater downtown and the emergence of new socio-spatial inequalities / René Kreichauf -- A new urban medicine show: on the limits of blight remediation / Joshua Akers -- Reshaping the gray spaces: resident self-provisioning and urban form in Detroit / KImberley Kinder -- Preserving Detroit by preserving its baseball history / Jason Roche -- This is (not) Detroit: projecting the future of Germany's Ruhr regoin / Julia Sattler -- Intermezzo I: You may not know my Detroit / jessica Care moore |
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Section two: Practices from Detroit. Evolutoin of municipal government in Detroit / John Gallagher -- Detroit's emerging innovation in urban infrastructure: how liabilities become assets for energy, water, industry, and informatics / Dan Kinkead -- Visions in confilct: a city of possibilities / Sharon Howell and Richard Feldman -- Reconstructing Detroit: the resilient city / Khalil Ligon -- Reawakening culture among Detroit's resident majority / Jessica Brooke Williams -- Make sure you are helping: experts, solidarity, and effective partnering with locals / Drew Philp -- New strategies DMC, takin' it all back home: lessons from Detrois for arts practices in the Netherlands / Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte, adn Nikos Doulos -- Intermezzo II: My Detroit / Tyree Guyton |
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Section three: Conversations from Detroit. Lowell Boileau, artist and founder of DetroitYES -- Sandra Hines, Detropit Coalition Against Police Brutality -- Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network -- Dan Carmody, Easter Market Corporation -- Jackie Victor, Avalon International Breads -- Phil Cooley, Entrepreneur, owner of Slows, Bar-B-Q and Ponyride -- Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis, Feedom Freedom Farmers -- Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman, and Marisol Teachworth, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School -- Yusef Bunchy Shakur, author and neighbourhood organizer -- Grace Lee Boggs, activist (1915-2015) -- Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city / Brian Doucet |
| Summary |
This edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city's most influential writers, planners, artists and activists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban renewal -- Michigan -- Detroit
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City planning -- Michigan -- Detroit
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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City planning
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Economic history
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Social conditions
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Urban renewal
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Deindustrialisierung
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Stadtplanung
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Stadtentwicklung
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| SUBJECT |
Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Michigan -- Detroit
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Detroit, Mich.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Doucet, Brian, 1980- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781447327905 |
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144732790X |
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9781447327899 |
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1447327896 |
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9781447327882 |
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1447327888 |
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