Main entry:

Gittell, Ross J., 1957-

Title & Author:

Renewing cities / Ross J. Gittell.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1992.

Description:

x, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.
1. Renewing Industrial Cities -- 2. Theories of Local Development -- 3. Growth and Decline in Four Cities -- 4. Lowell: Successful Revitalization -- 5. New Bedford: Extended Decline -- 6. Jamestown: Attempted Preservation -- 7. McKeesport: Decline and Struggle -- 8. Critical Factors in City Revitalization -- 9. The Renewal Process.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP51.60 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

The cities of Lowell and New Bedford in Massachusetts, Jamestown in New York, and McKeesport in Pennsylvania have all undergone years of adversity and decline, their economic bases having been badly damaged by structural changes in the national economy, particularly in the manufacturing sector. In situations like these, can local development efforts make a difference? Ross Gittell answers in the affirmative. This interdisciplinary work focuses on comparative case studies of the four cities. The book reveals how public, private, and community-based local economic development initiatives affect local economic performance: what works and what does not work. City leaders and institutions can help reorganize and "reshuffle" local resources, with results that include increased investment, greater effort by local individuals and institutions, more cooperation among different development interests, and improvement in city economic positioning relative to the regional economy and local development cycles. Gittell emphasizes the possibility of shifting from a "zero-sum game" (attracting jobs from elsewhere) toward the goal of converting underutilized local resources to higher-value uses through alternative forms of economic and political organization.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0691042934
9780691042930

Subject:

Urban renewal United States Case studies.
Urban renewal Economic aspects United States Case studies.
Community development, Urban United States Case studies.
Renovación urbana Aspectos económicos EE. UU. Estudio con casos.
Comunidades Desarrollo urbano EE. UU. Estudio con casos.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis Cas, Études de.
Rénovation urbaine Aspect économique États-Unis Cas, Études de.
Développement communautaire urbain États-Unis Études de cas.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis Études de cas.
Rénovation urbaine Aspect économique États-Unis Études de cas.
Community development, Urban
Urban renewal
Urban renewal Economic aspects
Internationaler Vergleich
Stadtentwicklung
Stadsvernieuwing.
United States
USA
Community development, Urban Case studies United states
Urban renewal Case studies United States
Urban renewal Economic aspects Case studies United States
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
steden
towns
urbanisatie
urbanization
urbaan-rurale migratie
urban rural migration
geografie
geography
reconstructie
reconstruction
stadsvernieuwing
Urban Plans
Stedelijke plannen

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 91835
Call No.: ID:93-B54
Status: Available