how america rebuilds shrinking cities Brent D. Ryan Brent Ryan D. creator text xxu 1st. edition monographic eng

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ix, 261 p. ill. ; map ; 23 cm In Design After Decline, Brent D. Ryan chronicles the fraught and intermittently successful rebuilding of Detroit and Philadelphia in recent decades, concluding that small-scale strategies must give way to a revived combination of innovative urban design and social planning -- Contents: Preface ix -- Chapter 1 “ The Burden Has Passed” Urban Design After Urban Renewal 1 -- Chapter 2 Shrinkage or Renewal? The Fate of Older Cities , 1950 – 90 37 -- Chapter 3 “ People Want These Houses “ : The Suburbanization of Detroit 84 -- Chapter 4 “ Another Tradition in Planning “ The Suburbanization of North Philadelphia 128 -- Chapter 5 Toward Social Urbanism for Shrinking Cities 174 -- Notes 225 -- Works Cited 227 -- Index 245 -- Acknowledgements 263 -- Brent D. Ryan Includes bibliographical references and index. City planning Land use, Urban Urban renewal Urban policy HT175 R936 2012 307.34 160973 9780812223040 pucpr 170111 20260128154015.0 eng