[PDF] Patching The Fabric Of The Neighborhood eBook

Author : David P. Varady
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 21,4 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887062995

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Neighborhood Upgrading examines the effectiveness of government-subsidized housing rehabilitation programs in reversing patterns of neighborhood decline. Varady takes a realistic look at the dilemma facing policy planners attempting to effect changes on a local level. His is the first study to assess the impact of neighborhood ethnic and social class changes on mobility and investment decisions. There has been little empirical research on neighborhood upgrading where improvement results from the efforts of existing residents aides by government assistance. Varady' study makes a major contribution in illuminating the variables of this process. Focusing on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Urban Homesteading Demonstration (UHD), he presents disturbing findings that are applicable to other neighborhood preservation programs such as the Neighborhood Housing Service (NHS) and the Community Development Block Grant Program. He argues that the future success of such programs lies in the ability of planners and policy makers to develop and implement policies addressing the issues that cause neighborhood decline--poverty, crime, and discrimination.

Author : Sandra Trubow Fairbank
Publisher :
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 2011
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This thesis focuses on Detroit as a post-industrial city that suffers from abandonment, vacancy, and food security issues. I address this problem through the lens of agriculture, asking how urban farming can be used to repair the urban fabric and increase access to food in two Detroit neighborhoods. To this end, I suggest a variety of urban agriculture uses that can be integrated into the life and form of the neighborhoods. I began my work with an investigation of shrinking cities precedents in Leipzig and Youngstown, and urban agriculture precedents in Milwaukee, Havana, and Boston. I arrive at a set of policy and design interventions to encourage and support neighborhood repair and health. Although urban agriculture alone is not adequate to heal the life of Detroit's neighborhoods, this thesis sees the value of these interventions and illuminates the possibilities of a rebuilt Detroit where rural life and urban agriculture play key roles.

Author : Galina Tachieva
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 32,76 MB
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1597269859

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There is a wealth of research and literature explaining suburban sprawl and the urgent need to retrofit suburbia. However, until now there has been no single guide that directly explains how to repair typical sprawl elements. The Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia into more sustainable, economical, energy- and resource-efficient patterns, from the region and the community to the block and the individual building. As Galina Tachieva asserts in this exceptionally useful book, sprawl repair will require a proactive and aggressive approach, focused on design, regulation and incentives. The Sprawl Repair Manual is a much-needed, single-volume reference for fixing sprawl, incorporating changes into the regulatory system, and implementing repairs through incentives and permitting strategies. This manual specifies the expertise that’s needed and details the techniques and algorithms of sprawl repair within the context of reducing the financial and ecological footprint of urban growth. The Sprawl Repair Manual draws on more than two decades of practical experience in the field of repairing and building communities to analyze the current pattern of sprawl development, disassemble it into its elemental components, and present a process for transforming them into human-scale, sustainable elements. The techniques are illustrated both two- and three-dimensionally, providing users with clear methodologies for the sprawl repair interventions, some of which are radical, but all of which will produce positive results.

Author : Seth D. Kaplan
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 14,38 MB
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0316521701

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An “essential and engaging ” (Richard Florida) exploration of social decline in America: its true causes and the practical steps each of us can take to combat it, starting with the places we call home. The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live. Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration, addiction, alienation, and despair. Even the wealthiest neighborhoods are not immune; while poverty exacerbates these challenges, they exist in zip codes rich and poor, rural and urban, and everything in between. In Fragile Neighborhoods, fragile states expert Seth D. Kaplan offers a bold new vision for addressing social decline in America, one zip code at a time. By revitalizing our local institutions—and the social ties that knit them together—we can all turn our neighborhoods into places where people and families can thrive. Readers will meet the innovative individuals and organizations pioneering new approaches to everything from youth mentoring to affordable housing: people like Dreama, a former lawyer whose organization works with local leaders and educators in rural Appalachia to equip young people with the social support they need to succeed in school; and Chris, whose Detroit-based non-profit turns vacant school buildings into community resource hubs. Along the way, Kaplan offers a set of practical lessons to inspire similar work, reminding us that when change is hyperlocal, everyone has the opportunity to contribute.

Author : Michael A. Stegman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 1996-12
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ISBN : 0788137220

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Contents: ideas matter: reflections on the new regionalism; central cities' loss of power in state politics; inside-out: regional networks and industrial adaptation in Silicon Valley and Route 128; specialization vs. diversity in local economies: the implications for innovative private-sector behavior; crime and community: continuities, contradictions, and complexities; community empowerment strategies: the limits and potential of community organizing in urban neighborhoods; and comprehensive neighborhood-based initiatives. Charts and tables.

Author : Diane Gilleland
Publisher : Potter Craft
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0823084817

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Presents a contemporary approach to the traditional Japanese silk-flower craft, sharing simplified methods that add user-friendly materials to silks in twenty diverse and customizable projects encompassing jewelry, fashion embellishments, ornaments, and home-décor items. Original.

Author : Harold Wolman
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814325438

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This work examines urban problems, issues and policy approaches in the United States. It questions whether President Nixon's National Urban Policy Report of 1972, used by subsequent administrations as a policy viewpoint, could be made into a more useful document for reflecting urban concerns.