Breakthrough communities
Subtitle: sustainability and justice in the next American metropolis
By: edited by M. Paloma Pavel ; foreword by Carl Anthony.
Contributors: Pavel, M. Paloma, 1951-
Series: Urban and industrial environments
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780262012683; 9780262512350
Subjects: City planning -- United States; Urban renewal -- United States; Community development, Urban -- United States -- Case studies; Sustainable development -- United States; Social justice -- United States
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Series foreword / by Robert Gottlieb; title: Foreword / by Carl Anthony; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Roots of the regional equity movement and the reinterpretation of metropolitan space; title: Moving beyond apartheid in America's metro regions; title: From bootstrap community development to regional equity / Cynthia M. Duncan; title: Scaling up: regional equity and the revitalization of progressive politics / Angela Glover Blackwell and Manuel Pastor; title: Reinterpreting metropolitan space as a strategy for social justice / John A. Powell; title: Environment, transportation, and land use in the quest for racial justice; title: The roots of environmental justice / Peggy M. Shepard and Kizzy, Charles-Guzman; title: Addressing urban transportation equity in the United States / Robert D. Bullard; title: Race, class, and real estate / Sheryll Cashin; title: Geographic context, sustainability, and regional equity development and opportunity in small towns and rural communities / Cynthia M. Duncan and Priscilla Salant; title: Katrina is everywhere: lessons from the Gulf Coast / Amy Liu and Bruce Katz; title: Growing together, or growing apart? Central Labor Councils and Regional Equity (San Francisco Bay Area) / Amy Dean; title: Breakthrough stories and strategies in the quest for regional equity; title: Saying no to forces destroying the community; title: Rekindling hope in Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) / David Goldberg; title: Closing the gaps: the national vacant properties campaign / Don Chen; title: Neighbors building neighborhoods: community stewardship to revitalize mid-size cities (Rochester, New York) / Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr; title: Transforming brownfield communities: the Naugatuck Valley Project (New England) / Kenneth Galdston; title: Getting grounded in place, time, and community; title: Community activism for creative rebuilding of neighborhoods (Chicago, Illinois) / Mary Nelson and Stephen McCullough; title: Opportunity-based housing in Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia) / Steve Lerner; title: A regional approach to affordable housing / Hattie Dorsey; title: Preserving Heirsa property in coastal South Carolina (Charleston, South Carolina) / Faith R. Rivers and Jennie Stephens; title: Exploring new horizons: connecting local struggles to global and regional stories; title: LAX rising (Los Angeles, California) / Danny Feingold; title: Community benefits agreements: a strategy for renewing our cities / Greg Leroy; title: Reshaping a region after September 11 (New York Metro Region) / Robert Yaro, Chris Jones, Petra Todorovich, and Nicolas Ronderos; title: Faith-based organizing for metro equity in Detroit / Victoria Kovari; title: Values, vision, and message: the spirit of metro equity / Greg Galluzzo, Mike Kruglik, and Rev. Cheryl Rivera; title: Saying yes: framing regional collaborations to win; title: Bridging the Bay: university/community collaborations (San Francisco Bay Area) / Manuel Pastor, Rachel Rosner, Juliet Ellis, and Elizabeth Tan; title: Poor city, rich region: confronting poverty in Camden : from dependency to sustainability in Camden, New Jersey / Howard Gillette, Jr; title: The "inside game": a reinvestment strategy / Jeremy Nowak; title: The "outside game": can faith move mountain-less New Jersey? / David Rusk; title: Farms to schools: promoting urban health, combating sprawl, and advancing community food systems (Southern California) / Robert Gottlieb, Mark Vallianatos, and Anupama Joshi; title: Regional equity and the future of sustainable metropolitan communities; title: Building the capacity of the regional equity movement; title: Building the capacity of the regional equity movement / Angela Glover Blackwell and L. Benjamin Starrett; title: Reaching out to new strategic partners; title: Business, grassroots, and the regional agenda / Bart Harvey; title: Measuring success: using metrics in support of regional equity / David Rusk; title: Networking for social justice: the African American forum on race and regionalism / Deeohn Ferris; title: Sharing the new story: regional equity and strategic media / Andrea Torrice and Ellen Schneider; title: Uncovering global linkages for sustainable metropolitan communities; title: Climate change and the quest for regional equity / Van Jones; title: A global perspective: community-driven solutions to urban poverty / Celine Cruz and David Satterthwaite; title: Beyond segregation, toward a shared vision of our regions / Myron Orfield; title: Resources; title: Bibliography; title: Contributor bios; title: Authors' organizations; title: Index.