The transformation of American cities
Book - 2015
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Amenia, New York :
Grey House Publishing
[2015]
- Language
- English
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- Physical Description
- xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-231) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781619256941
9781619256897
- Preface
- 1. Green Initiatives, the Environment, and Natural Resources: The Greening of American Cities
- The Best Bike-Sharing Program in the United States: Tom Vanderbilt, Slate, January 7, 2013
- Streetcorner Serenade for the Public Plaza: Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times, May 31, 2013
- Ten Urban Experiments That Your City Should Adopt: Sasha Abramsky, The Nation, March 4, 2015
- New-Age Central Parks: Rutherford H. Piatt and Peter Harnik, Planning, July 1, 2015
- Aging Pipes Are Poisoning America's Tap Water: Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, July 29, 2015
- Climate Change Crusade Goes Local: Doug Struck, Christian Science Monitor, August 9, 2015
- 2. Cost of Living and Changing Demographics: The Modern Urbanite
- The End of the Suburbs: Leigh Gallagher, Time, July 31, 2013
- Get Out of Town: Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, June 27, 2011
- Baby Boomtowns: The U.S. Cities Attracting the Most Families: Joel Kotkin, Forbes, September 11, 2014
- This is the Most Economically Segregated City in America Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress, February 24, 2015
- Mini-D.C.'s: A Small-City Boom Revitalizes Downtowns: Once Left for Dead: John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post, October 31, 2014
- How Suburban Are Big American Cities?: Jed Kolko, FiveThirtyEight, May 21, 2015
- Foreclosures Fuel Detroit Blight, Cost City $500 Million: Christine MacDonald and Joel Kurth, The Detroit News, June 3, 2015
- 3. Economy and Industry: Jobs, Opportunity, and Innovation in Urban Environments
- The Nation's Future Depends on Its Cities, Not on Washington Michael Hirsh, National Journal, August 31, 2013
- Can Tax Breaks for Big Corporations Turn Around One of America's Most Dangerous Cities?: Lidia DePillis, The Washington Past, December 15, 2014
- How American Sports Franchises Are Selling Their Cities Short: David Uberti, The Guardian, September 22, 2014
- Why Millennial Still Move to Cities: Kevin Maney, Newsweek, April 10, 2015
- Why Are There So Many Shuttered Storefronts in the West Village?: Tim Wu, The New Yorker, May 24, 2015
- Why American Cities Are Fighting to Attract Immigrants: Ted Hesson, The Atlantic, July 21, 2015
- 4. Crime and Policing: Law and Disorder
- Inner-City Violence in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, October 30, 2014
- Two Architects of Broken Windows Policing Go On the Defensive: Eric Jaffe, Citylab, December 29, 2014
- The Militarization of U.S. Police: Finally Dragged into the Light by the Horrors of Ferguson: Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept August 14, 2014
- City Life: Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, May 11, 2015
- The Myth of Police Reform: Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, April 15, 2015
- Is a New Crime Wave on the Horizon? Mariano Castillo, CNN.com, June 4, 2015
- 5. Architecture and the Arts: Urban Beauty, Functionality, and Culture
- Why Public Art Is Important: Jared Green, The Dirt, October 15, 2012
- Local Urban Culture Goes Global: Jeroen Beekmans, Pop-Up City, January 15, 2013
- Pop-Up Salvation: renée e. hoogland, Art in America, December 1, 2013
- Can Chicago Become America's Next Great City for Artists?: B. David Zarley, Citylab, February 15, 2013
- Why Cities Can't Afford to Lose Their Artists: Richard Florida, Citylab, December 4, 2014
- Cities Create Music, Cultural Festivals to Make Money: Chad Kaydo, Governing, January 2014
- High Line Your Museum: Jonathan Massey, Art in America, May 1, 2015
- New York City Rethinks Art for the Masses: Jennifer Smith, The Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2015
- Embracing Graffiti Could Help Contain It, Save Tucson Money David J. Del Grande, Arizona Daily Star, August 1, 2015
- 6. Politics and Education: Managing the Future
- In Major U.S. Cities Education "Reform" Opponents Take to the Streets: Amy Dean, The Nation, August 6, 2013
- Charter Schools Continue Dramatic Growth Despite Controversies: Joy Resmovits, The Huffington Post, January 25, 2014
- The Rise of the Progressive City: Michelle Goldberg, The Nation, April 2, 2014
- The Revolt of the Cities: Harold Meyerson, American Prospect, April 23, 2014
- The Gentrification Effect: Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, February 25, 2015
- These American Cities Are Fighting for Control over Electricity and the Internet: Max Holleran, openDemocracy, April 21, 2015
- Bibliography
- Websites
- Index