TY  - GEN
AU  - Doucet, Brian Ed.
TI  - Why Detroit matters : decline, renewal and hope in a divided city
SN  - 9781447327875
U1  - 307.3416 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Bristol
PB  - Polity Press
KW  - City planning
KW  - Michigan--Detroit
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Urban renewal
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Contents
List of contributors        vi
List of figures and tables          ix
Acknowledgments       xi
one Introduction: why Detroit matters           1
Brian Doucet
Section One: Lessons from Detroit         31
two Detroit's bankruptcy: treating the symptom not the cause          33
George Galster
Three Detroit in bankruptcy: what are the lessons to be learned?    51
Reynolds Farley
Four Between economic revival and social disruption: the redevelopment of Greater Downtown and the emergence of new socio-spatial inequalities          75
Rene Kreichauf
Five A new urban medicine show: on the limits of blight remediation     95
Joshua Akers
Six Reshaping the gray spaces: resident self-provisioning and urban form in Detroit 117
Kimberley Kinder
Seven Preserving Detroit by preserving its baseball history           135
Jason Roche
Eight This is (not) Detroit: projecting the future of Germany's Ruhr region    157
Julia Sattler
Intermezzo I: You may not know my Detroit           177
Jessica Care moore
Section Two: Practices from Detroit 183
Nine Evolution of municipal goverrunent in Detroit 185
John Gallagher
Ten Detroit's emerging innovation in urban infra.srructure: 195
how liabilities become assets for energy, water, industry,
and informatics
Dan Kinkead
Eleven Visions in conflict: a city of possibilities 209
Sharon Howell and Richard Feldman
Twelve Reconstructing Detroit: the resilient city 221
Khalil Ligon
Thirteen Reawakening culture among De troit's resident majority 233
Jessica Brooke Williams
Fourteen Make sure you are helping: experts, solidarity, and 249
effective partnering with locals
Drew Philp
Fifteen New Strategies DMC, takin· it all back home: lessons 259
from Detroit for arts practices in the Netherlands 
Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte, and Nikos Doulos
Intermezzo II: My Detroit               271
Tyree Guyton
Section Three: Conversations from Detroit 275
sixteen Lowell Boileau 277
Artist and founder of Detroit YES
seventeen Sandra Hines 283
Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality
eighteen Malik Yakini 289
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
nineteen Dan Carmody 297
Eastern Market Corporation
twenty Jackie Victor 303
Avalon International Breads
twenty-one Phil Cooley 311
Entrepreneur, owner of Slows Bar-B-Q and Ponyride
twenty-two Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis 315
Feedom Freedom Farmers
Twenty three: Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman and Marisol Teachworth       321
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School
Twenty four: Yusef Bunchy Shakur       327
Author and neighbourhood organizer
Twenty Five: Grace Lee Boggs         335
Activist (1915-2015)
Twenty Six: Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city      341
Brian Doucet
References        353
Index     381


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