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- Detroit—Michigan’s flagship city—is not only the best example of struggling American cities, it has the potential to provide a framework for resurgence that can be used nationally, and that can address the problem of “shrinking cities.”
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Apr 6, 2017 · Detroit has come to symbolise deindustrialization and the challenges, and opportunities, it presents. As many cities struggle with urban decline, racial and ethnic tensions and the consequences of neoliberal governance and political fragmentation, Detroit’s relevance grows stronger.
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From renewable energy production and stormwater management,...
- Acknowledgments
My Dutch colleagues who traveled with me to Detroit, Martijn...
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Why Detroit Matters: Decline, Renewal and Hope in a Divided...
- List of Contributors
Front Matter List of contributors Published: April 2017...
- Intermezzo II My Detroit
In fact, the Big Three was the reason why the City of...
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Percentage of Metro Detroit’s white and black populations...
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As was discussed in Chapter One of this book, Detroit has become a metonym for urban failure, and many places around the world use “Detroit” as a warning to further a particular message or agenda.
Apr 5, 2022 · Summary. Visiting Detroit. For several years, I have taken urban geography students from the Netherlands to Detroit. I never have to work very hard to market the trip. “Detroit”; the very word evokes powerful images and strong meanings, especially to European urbanists.
This chapter introduces the main themes and approaches to the book. It starts by describing a journey the author takes with students to introduce them to the political, racial, economic, social and spatial complexities and divisions of Detroit and its surrounding area.
Apr 6, 2017 · Detroit has come to symbolise deindustrialization and the challenges, and opportunities, it presents. As many cities struggle with urban decline, racial and ethnic tensions and the consequences of neoliberal governance and political fragmentation, Detroit’s relevance grows stronger.
This edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city’s most influential writers, planners, artists and activists.
Apr 6, 2017 · Why Detroit Matters bridges the academic and nonacademic worlds to examine how the story of Detroit offers powerful and universally applicable lessons on urban decline, planning, urban...