The author profiles 24 examples of people who live or work in blighted, or crime-battered areas across the United States. Through in-depth interviews he shows how these citizens have fought to make a difference in the quality of their neighbourhoods and the lives of the residents.
The author profiles 24 examples of people who live or work in blighted, or crime-battered areas across the United States. Through in-depth interviews he shows how these citizens have fought to make a difference in the quality of their neighbourhoods and the lives of the residents.
Michael R. Greenberg is a professor of urban studies at the Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and the director of the Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment.
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Preface Acknowledgements 1 Neighborhood Quality and Street Fighters 2 Life from Death: Public Housing in Chester 3 Joseph Garlic: Planting Seeds of Hope in Elizabethport 4 Neah Bay: Forward to the Past 5 Ground Zero: Concerned Citizens Fight Against Massive Poison Machines 6 Detroit's Arson Squad: Taking Back Neighborhoods from Fire 7 Coping with and Preventing Disasters: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 8 Planning for Love of Justice 9 A Vision of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Neighborhoods Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgements 1 Neighborhood Quality and Street Fighters 2 Life from Death: Public Housing in Chester 3 Joseph Garlic: Planting Seeds of Hope in Elizabethport 4 Neah Bay: Forward to the Past 5 Ground Zero: Concerned Citizens Fight Against Massive Poison Machines 6 Detroit's Arson Squad: Taking Back Neighborhoods from Fire 7 Coping with and Preventing Disasters: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 8 Planning for Love of Justice 9 A Vision of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Neighborhoods Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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