"The New American Ghost Towns."_Many Authors [online] - 3 views
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Metropolitan Institute on 04 Jan 12Hollander, Justin B., Colin Polsky, Dan Zinder, and Dan Runfola. "The New American Ghost Towns." Land Lines (2011).
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Do Vacant Properties Kill Neighborhoods? An Agent-Based Simulation of Property Abandonment - 3 views
Abstract: "Buffalo is among the cities with the highest vacancy rates in the US. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of tax foreclosure properties at the City's tax auction (in rem) increased. By 200...
Planning for Urban Regeneration and Energy Investments: Issues of Conflict and Compatib... - 2 views
Abstract: EPA's RE-Powering America initiative, DOE's Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy programs and HUD's Sustainable Communities efforts all are directed toward altering energy usage and/or gene...
Combating Suburban Decline: The Role of Social Capital and CDCs - 2 views
Abstract: This paper analyzes the role of social capital and Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in Cincinnati's inner-suburbs as tools to combat suburban decline. Building off of previous re...
The Possibilities of LIHTC Projects in a City with Long Term Population Loss: A Counter... - 2 views
In this paper, shrinking cities refer to cities that have experienced decades-long sustained population loss and, in the United States, those that continued to lose population through the 2000s. Of...
Will Natural Disasters Accelerate Neighborhood Decline? - 3 views
Abstract: Vacant and abandoned properties are not only an urban ill troubling shrinking industrial cities in the United States, they are also a problem facing many growing urban areas as new develo...
Urban Shrinkage and City Responses: How New Bedford, Massachusetts Physically Changed F... - 3 views
Abstract: Economic decline associated with the current economic recession has hit many places hard, but few have seen a whole shift in its physical form as New Bedford. Once the whaling capital of ...
Land Banking and Land Banks_ F. Alexander [report] - 2 views
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Alexander, Frank S. "Land Banks and Land Banking." 1- 120. Washington, D.C.: Center for Community Progress, 2011. This report discusses the evolution of land bank, the potential challenges that the tool faces during implementation, and possible solutions to address these challenges. The report also outlines the process for creating and operating a land bank.
To be Abandoned, or to be Greened - 3 views
Abstract: Many cities around the country combat increases in abandoned properties, as these properties often become an eyesore in urban landscape. In particular, old industrial cities where a large...
Evolution from Urban Renewal to Community Development: Implications for Shrinking Cities - 5 views
Farris, J. Terrence. "Evolution from Urban Renewal to Community Development- Implications for Shrinking Cities." Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Association of Collegiate S...
The Relationship between Residential Foreclosures, Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity Status - 2 views
Abstract: Existing research indicates that minority homeowners are more likely to experience a foreclosure than a white borrower, but despite the importance of immigrants to the owner-occupied hous...
"Role of Contemporary Urbanisms in a Shrinking Cities Syndrome."_Kim [conference paper] - 2 views
Kim, Joongsub. "Role of Contemporary Urbanisms in a Shrinking Cities Syndrome." Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake Cit...
"Recapturing Land for Economic and Fiscal Growth" _ Mallach and Vey [online article] - 2 views
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Vacant and abandoned properties pose challenges to city prosperity and economic health. However, these lands can be pursued as opportunities for economic and fiscal growth
"Can Anchor Institutions Save Midtown Detroit: Early Evidence from '15x 15' Initiative.... - 1 views
Vidal, Avis. "Can Anchor Institutions Save Midtown Detroit: Early Evidence from '15x 15' Initiative." Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of P...
"Save that House! An Examination of Demolition Ordinance." _Many Authors [conference pa... - 0 views
Nasar, Jack, Victoria Morckel, and Jennifer Cowley. “Save that House! An Examination of Demolition Ordinance.” Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Assoc...
"Community Gardens as New Forms of Public Space." _Langegger [conference paper] - 0 views
Langegger, Sig. "Community Gardens as New Forms of Public Space." Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City, Utah, Octob...
Shrinking Cities: Urban Challenges and Globalization - 2 views
Abstract: Urban shrinkage is not a new phenomenon. It has been documented in a large literature analyzing the social and economic issues that have led to population flight, resulting, in the wor...
Urban Shrinkage in Germany and the USA: A Comparison of Transformation Patterns and Loc... - 2 views
Abstract: Many American and European cities have to deal with demographic and economic trajectories leading to urban shrinkage. According to official data, 13% of urban regions in the US and 54% o...
Declining Suburbs in Europe and Latin America - 2 views
Abstract: Suburban shrinkage, understood as a degenerative urban process stemming from the demise of the Fordist mode of urbanism, is generally manifested in a decline in population, industry and e...
Re-Imagining Cleveland: Ideas to Action Resource Book - 4 views
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