This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the rebuilding of America’s urban areas. Beginning with an introduction into the condition of our nation’s metropolitan cities and their urban problems, as they exist today, the book also discusses some 14 different practical tools available for public officials to use for inner city renewal. Sixteen case studies have been included to show real-life examples of the efforts of public officials to revitalize their inner city commercial areas and residential neighborhoods. This valuable tool for city planners, business people, and private citizens provides critical thinking about how our urban economic development programs are, and should be, designed and conducted.

Roger L. Kemp, Ph.D., ICMA-CM, has been a city manager on both the East and West coasts for more than 25 years. He is presently Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at Golden Gate University and a Fellow of The Academy of Political Science.

Edited by Roger L. Kemp

Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 384
Bibliographic Info: tables, notes, resources, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2007 [2001]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-3153-3
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5041-1
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments      vii
Preface      1

PART I. CITIES AND RENEWAL: AN INTRODUCTION      7
PART II. THE PROCESS OF RENEWAL      73
PART III. THE TOOLS FOR RENEWAL      119
PART IV. CASE STUDIES      229

Municipal Resource Directory      353
Bibliography      357
About the Contributors      367
Index      369

“deserves praise for its breadth, readability, and usefulness…recommended”—Choice.