Barrio urbanism
Subtitle: Chicanos, planning, and American cities
By: David Ralph Diaz.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- History; Urban policy -- United States -- History; City planning -- United States -- History; Land use, Urban -- United States -- History; Hispanic American neighborhoods -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-332) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early history of urban locational patterns, 1880-1950; title: Barrio logic and the consolidation of Chicanas/os in the city, 1950-1975; title: Transformation of barrios and the impact of reforms of racist real estate and banking industry practices; title: Housing affordability : practical influence of local and federal policies; title: Economic development in Chicana/o communities; title: Open space, cultural programs and recreational resources; title: Redevelopment policy in the barrio; title: The history of confrontational urban politics : a reliance on social movements; title: Land use conflicts and the politics of environmental justice; title: The political and social transformation of California; title: The new cities of the Southwest; title: The challenge to future political coalitions and the question of land use policy; title: Chicanas/os and the urban challenges of the 21st century.