The Art of Revitalization: Improving Conditions in Distressed Inner-City Neighborhoods

by Sean Zielenbach

Book Overview

This book discusses the revitalization of decayed inner-city neighborhoods. It explores the role of social capital in stabilizing and turning around distressed communities, and it highlights the roles that local actors can and do play in the revitalization process.
The Art of Revitalization takes two Chicago neighborhoods, Englewood and North Lawndale, as case studies. Zielenbach discusses them in the context of racial change and urban decay in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815335989
• ISBN13: 9780815335986
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"