Urban Problems and Community DevelopmentIn recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference? This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors--economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian--define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and workforce development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security. |
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Further , residents are disproportionately isolated from informal networks that carry information about good economic opportunities . This isolation helps to perpetuate joblessness , financial insecurity , and undesirable living ...
Quality - of - life ideals in this vision entail social justice , political efficacy , and economic vitality . —Residents should feel secure in their homes and neighborhoods . —When local problems arise , neighbors should have the ...
It can blunt the extent to which economic turbulence produces social disorder . Community development can make low- to moderate - income neighborhoods better places to live by reducing health and safety risks , connecting residents to ...
In Poverty and Place Paul Jargowsky demonstrates that conditions in the metropolitan economy are strong correlates of neighborhood income and poverty levels in the inner city . Indeed , from 1970 to 1990 Cleveland , Detroit , St. Louis ...
25 Despite the lack of rigorous scientific evidence, there are many urban settings where social and economic investment patterns appear to have changed. Prominent examples include New York's South Bronx, parts of Chicago served by the ...