Author: William Peterman
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761911999
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
"This book explores the promise and limits of bottom-up, grass-roots strategies of community organizing, development, and planning as blueprints for successful revitalization and maintenance of urban neighborhoods. Peterman proposes conditions that need to be met for bottom-up strategies to succeed. Successful neighborhood development depends not only on local actions, but also on the ability of local groups to marshal resources and political will at levels above that of the neighborhood itself. While he supports community-based initiatives, he argues that there are limits to what can be accomplished exclusively at the grassroots level, where most efforts fail"--Back cover.
Neighborhood Planning and Community-Based Development
Author: William Peterman
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761911999
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
"This book explores the promise and limits of bottom-up, grass-roots strategies of community organizing, development, and planning as blueprints for successful revitalization and maintenance of urban neighborhoods. Peterman proposes conditions that need to be met for bottom-up strategies to succeed. Successful neighborhood development depends not only on local actions, but also on the ability of local groups to marshal resources and political will at levels above that of the neighborhood itself. While he supports community-based initiatives, he argues that there are limits to what can be accomplished exclusively at the grassroots level, where most efforts fail"--Back cover.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761911999
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
"This book explores the promise and limits of bottom-up, grass-roots strategies of community organizing, development, and planning as blueprints for successful revitalization and maintenance of urban neighborhoods. Peterman proposes conditions that need to be met for bottom-up strategies to succeed. Successful neighborhood development depends not only on local actions, but also on the ability of local groups to marshal resources and political will at levels above that of the neighborhood itself. While he supports community-based initiatives, he argues that there are limits to what can be accomplished exclusively at the grassroots level, where most efforts fail"--Back cover.
First Ave. South Bridge Improvements, SR-99 Crossing Duwamish River, King County
South Park Bridge Project, Seattle
Involving the Community in Neighborhood Planning
Author: Deborah L. Myerson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Central Link Light Rail Transit Project, Seattle, Tukwila and Seatac
Evo A. Deconcini Federal Building - United States Courthouse, City of Tucson
Housing and Planning References
Placemaking
Author: David Higgins
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1837531307
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Through a series of short, sharp chapters, Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning delivers a cross-disciplinary critique of placemaking, examining how placemaking occurs, the quality of the places produced, and the experiences of those living and working in them.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1837531307
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Through a series of short, sharp chapters, Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning delivers a cross-disciplinary critique of placemaking, examining how placemaking occurs, the quality of the places produced, and the experiences of those living and working in them.