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Doucet

Why Detroit matters

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2786-8
Verlag: Policy Press
Erscheinungstermin: 06.04.2017
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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 who have all contributed chapters drawing on their rich visions, ideas and practices.

Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781447327868
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-4473-2786-8
  • Verlag: Policy Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 06.04.2017
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2017
  • Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 777 g
  • Seiten: 304
  • Format (B x H x T): 161 x 240 x 26 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Doucet, Brian

Brian Doucet is the Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Social Inclusion and an Associate Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Guyton, Tyree

Wiersum, Friso

Philp, Drew

Brooke Williams, Jessica

Ligon, Khalil

Kinkead, Dan

Care Moore, Jessica

Sattler, Julia

Roche, Jason

Kinder, Kimberley

Akers, Joshua

Kreichauf, Rene

Farley, Reynolds

Galster, George

Introduction: Why Detroit Matters ~ Brian Doucet;
Section I: 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 region ~ Julia Sattler;
Intermezzo I: ‘You may not know my Detroit’ ~ jessica Care moore;
Section II: Practices from Detroit;
Evolution 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 conflict: 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’re helping: Experts, solidarity and effective partnering with locals ~ Drew Philp;
New Strategies DMC, takin’ it all back home: Lessons from Detroit for arts practices in the Netherlands ~ Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte and Niko Doulos;
Intermezzo II: My Detroit ~ Tyree Guyton;
Section III: Conversations from Detroit;
Lowell Boileau, artist and founder of DetroitYES;
Sandra Hines, Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality;
Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network;
Dan Carmody, Eastern 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 Shakur, author and neighbourhood organizer;
Grace Lee Boggs, activist;
Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city ~ Brian Doucet.