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Shrinking Cities and First Suburbs
Anirban Adhya
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Description for Shrinking Cities and First Suburbs
Hardback. Num Pages: 90 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCU; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book examines Warren, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, as a shrinking city facing a crisis of economic downturn, automotive restructuring, high unemployment, and real estate foreclosures. The author explores Warren’s attempt to develop planning strategies, culturally-based initiatives, community design projects, and creative partnerships in the region in order to address the challenges of shrinkage and foreclosures at multiple scales. Global urban development is currently characterized by varied combination of metropolitan growth and urban core shrinkage. While much of the shrinkage is concentrated in central cities, first suburbs are now facing the same problem. The Warren case illustrates opportunities for flexible policies combining ... Read more
This book examines Warren, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, as a shrinking city facing a crisis of economic downturn, automotive restructuring, high unemployment, and real estate foreclosures. The author explores Warren’s attempt to develop planning strategies, culturally-based initiatives, community design projects, and creative partnerships in the region in order to address the challenges of shrinkage and foreclosures at multiple scales. Global urban development is currently characterized by varied combination of metropolitan growth and urban core shrinkage. While much of the shrinkage is concentrated in central cities, first suburbs are now facing the same problem. The Warren case illustrates opportunities for flexible policies combining ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
Number of Pages
90
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319517087
SKU
V9783319517087
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Ref
99-15
About Anirban Adhya
Anirban Adhya is Associate Professor at the College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, USA.
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