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Neighborhood Planning and Community-Based Development

The Potential and Limits of Grassroots Action
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Through an analysis of a number of case studies from the United States, the author explores the ways grassroots strategies can be used in the revitalisation and maintenance of urban neighbourhoods.'
Introduction Neighborhoods, Communities, Community Development and Neighborhood Planning Community Empowerment, Organization and Development Changing Urban Structure Implications for Neighborhood Development A Community Confronts Gentrification The Sport Stadium versus the Neighborhood Resident Management and Community Empowerment Rebuilding Roseland and a Block at a Time Criteria for Doing Successful Neighborhood Development Doing Planning for Grass-Roots Neighborhood Development
"Bill Peterman offers important insights from his long experience in Chicago on neighborhood planning and community-based development. His case studies offer very useful lessons on success and failure. This is a valuable addition to the literature on urban neighborhoods." -- W. Dennis Keating
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