Title: Neighborhood planning and community-based development : the potential and limits of grassroots action /
Authors: Peterman, William
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Community development, Urban; Community development, Urban Illinois Chicago Case studies.; Urban renewal; Urban renewal Illinois Chicago; Neighborhoods; Neighborhoods Illinois Chicago Case studies.
Abstract: "This book explores the promise and limits of bottom-up, grass-roots strategies of community organizing, development, and planning as blueprints for successful revitalization and maintenance of urban neighborhoods. Peterman proposes conditions that need to be met for bottom-up strategies to succeed. Successful neighborhood development depends not only on local actions, but also on the ability of local groups to marshal resources and political will at levels above that of the neighborhood itself. While he supports community-based initiatives, he argues that there are limits to what can be accomplished exclusively at the grassroots level, where most efforts fail"--Back cover.
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 sports stadium versus the neighborhood -- Resident management and community empowerment -- Rebuilding Roseland a block at a time -- Criteria for going successful neighborhood development -- Doing planning for grassroots neighborhood development.