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Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Bedford-Pine Urban Renewal Area
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Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Past Trends and Future Prospects of the American City
Author: David L. Sjoquist
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0739135392
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Atlanta's experience over the past 15 to 20 years is reflective of many cities, particularly those in the south and west. Thus, the story of how and why Atlanta has changed is informative for cities in general. What accounts for the positive turn-around of the city of Atlanta? What can other cities learn from Atlanta's experience? This collection examines changes in the city of Atlanta over the past three decades and explores the factors associated with the observed changes. Beginning with several essays that take a broad focus on the city's demographics and the city's economy, the contributions then focus on more specifics aspects of urban development, such as the changing face of retailing; income and poverty; race and ethnicity; the arts; transportation; and housing and gentrification. Later chapters assess the future prospects for the city. Together, the contributions paint a picture of how the city of Atlanta has changed, why it has changed, and its future prospects. The implications for other major metropolitan centers are broad, and the lessons learned are of relevance to anyone interested in the economic and social health of cities.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0739135392
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Atlanta's experience over the past 15 to 20 years is reflective of many cities, particularly those in the south and west. Thus, the story of how and why Atlanta has changed is informative for cities in general. What accounts for the positive turn-around of the city of Atlanta? What can other cities learn from Atlanta's experience? This collection examines changes in the city of Atlanta over the past three decades and explores the factors associated with the observed changes. Beginning with several essays that take a broad focus on the city's demographics and the city's economy, the contributions then focus on more specifics aspects of urban development, such as the changing face of retailing; income and poverty; race and ethnicity; the arts; transportation; and housing and gentrification. Later chapters assess the future prospects for the city. Together, the contributions paint a picture of how the city of Atlanta has changed, why it has changed, and its future prospects. The implications for other major metropolitan centers are broad, and the lessons learned are of relevance to anyone interested in the economic and social health of cities.
The Separate City
Author: Christopher Silver
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813185564
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A ground-breaking collaborative study merging perspectives from history, political science, and urban planning, The Separate City is a trenchant analysis of the development of the African-American community in the urban South. While similar in some respects to the racially defined ghettos of the North, the districts in which southern blacks lived from the pre-World War II era to the mid-1960s differed markedly from those of their northern counterparts. The African- American community in the South was (and to some extent still is) a physically expansive, distinct, and socially heterogeneous zone within the larger metropolis. It found itself functioning both politically and economically as a "separate city"—a city set apart from its predominantly white counterpart. Within the separate city itself, internal conflicts reflected a structural divide between an empowered black middle class and a larger group comprising the working class and the disadvantaged. Even with these conflicts, the South's new black leadership gained political control in many cities, but it could not overcome the economic forces shaping the metropolis. The persistence of a separate city admitted to the profound ineffectiveness of decades of struggle to eliminate the racial barriers with which southern urban leaders—indeed all urban America—continue to grapple today.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813185564
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A ground-breaking collaborative study merging perspectives from history, political science, and urban planning, The Separate City is a trenchant analysis of the development of the African-American community in the urban South. While similar in some respects to the racially defined ghettos of the North, the districts in which southern blacks lived from the pre-World War II era to the mid-1960s differed markedly from those of their northern counterparts. The African- American community in the South was (and to some extent still is) a physically expansive, distinct, and socially heterogeneous zone within the larger metropolis. It found itself functioning both politically and economically as a "separate city"—a city set apart from its predominantly white counterpart. Within the separate city itself, internal conflicts reflected a structural divide between an empowered black middle class and a larger group comprising the working class and the disadvantaged. Even with these conflicts, the South's new black leadership gained political control in many cities, but it could not overcome the economic forces shaping the metropolis. The persistence of a separate city admitted to the profound ineffectiveness of decades of struggle to eliminate the racial barriers with which southern urban leaders—indeed all urban America—continue to grapple today.
Atlanta’s Olympic Resurgence: How the 1996 Games Revived a Struggling City
Author: Michael Dobbins, Leon S. Eplan & Randal Roark
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467147249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement that ignited a loose but robust coalition that worked collectively, if sometimes contentiously, to prepare the city and push it forward. This is a story of how once-struggling Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games to become a city of international prominence. This improbable rise from the ashes is told by three urban planning professionals who were at the center of the story."--Back cover.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467147249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement that ignited a loose but robust coalition that worked collectively, if sometimes contentiously, to prepare the city and push it forward. This is a story of how once-struggling Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games to become a city of international prominence. This improbable rise from the ashes is told by three urban planning professionals who were at the center of the story."--Back cover.
Federal Role in Urban Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization
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Category : Public welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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Category : Public welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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Toward Equal Opportunity in Housing in Atlanta, Georgia
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights. Georgia Advisory Committee
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Category : Discrimination in housing
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Category : Discrimination in housing
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Government Operations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1588
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1588
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102 Monitor
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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HUD Weekly News Summary
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Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Pages : 580
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Atlanta
Author: Larry Keating
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439904499
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Troubling stories about private interests over public development in Atlanta.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439904499
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Troubling stories about private interests over public development in Atlanta.