1st Edition
How Cities Will Save the World Urban Innovation in the Face of Population Flows, Climate Change and Economic Inequality
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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Cities are frequently viewed as passive participants to state and national efforts to solve the toughest urban problems. But the evidence suggests otherwise. Cities are actively devising innovative policy solutions and they have the potential to do even more. In this volume, the authors examine current threats to communities across the U.S. and the globe. They draw on first-hand experience with,... Read more
Foreword (Arthur C. Nelson), Preface (Ray Brescia and John Travis Marshall), Introduction ( Raymond H. Brescia and John Travis Marshall), 1. Cities and the Financial Crisis (Ray Brescia), 2. Assessing Metropolitan Resiliency: Laying the Foundation for Urban Sustainability (John Travis Marshall), 3. Avoiding Atlantis: Protecting Urban Cultural Heritage from Disaster (Ryan Rowberry), 4. Moving to Safety? Opportunities to Reduce Vulnerability through Relocation and Resettlement Policy (Marla Nelson and Renia Ehrenfeucht), 5. Developing the Sustainable City: Curitiba, Brazil, as a Case Study (Hanna-Ruth Gustafsson and Elizabeth A. Kelly), 6. Exploring Options for Urban Sustainability in an Era of Scarce Water Resources: A Possible Ban on Lawns (Sarah B. Schindler), 7. Think Global, Pay Local (Ray Brescia), 8. Cities and Immigration Reform: National Policy from the Bottom Up (John DeStefano, Jr.), 9. Can Charter Schools Save Cities? Social Capital and Urban Public Education (John A. Lovett), 10. Cities Seeking Justice: Local Government Litigation in the Public Interest (Kathleen S. Morris), 11. Strategic Code Compliance Enforcement: A Prescription for Resilient Communities (Kermit J. Lind, J.D), 12. Renegotiating the Constituent’s Role in Urban Governance: Participatory Budgeting in New York City (Celina Su), 13. Financing Urban Transportation Infrastructure: Old and New Approaches for Funding Urban Regeneration and Resiliency: The Atlanta Example (M. Becht Neel and Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer)
Biography
Ray Brescia is Associate Professor and Director of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, Albany, N.Y, USA, and John Travis Marshall is Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA, USA
