Neighborhood Planning and Community-Based Development - The Potential and Limits of Grassroots Action

Exploring the promise and limits of grassroots strategies for community organizating, development and planning, this book looks at how they can be used in the revitalization and maintenance of urban neighbourhoods. The book presents a number of case studies from the United States, analyzing the reasons for success and failure, and concludes with recommendations in the form of a "tool kit" for planners and community leaders.

List of contents

Introduction
Neighborhoods, Communities, Community Development and Neighborhood Planning
Community Empowerment, Organization and Development
Changing Urban Structure
Implications for Neighborhood Development
A Community Confronts Gentrification
The Sport Stadium versus the Neighborhood
Resident Management and Community Empowerment
Rebuilding Roseland and a Block at a Time
Criteria for Doing Successful Neighborhood Development
Doing Planning for Grass-Roots Neighborhood Development

Summary

An analysis of the promise and limits of grass-roots strategies for community organization, development and planning. Through an analysis of a number of case studies from the United States, William Peterman explores the way such strategies can be used in the revitalization and maintenance of urban neighbourhoods.

Product details

• Authors: William Peterman
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1999
• EAN: 9780761911999
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1199-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 346 g
• Series: Cities & Planning Series; Cities and Planning
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education