Research Catalog

Title

Supporting shrinkage : planning and decision making for legacy cities / Michael P. Johnson, Justin B. Hollander, Eliza W. Kinsey, and George R. Chichirau with Charla Burnett.

Author

Johnson, Michael P., 1964-

Publication

• Albany : SUNY Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hollander, Justin B.
• Kinsey, Eliza W.
• Chichirau, George
• Burnett, Charla

Description

xi, 264 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

Supporting Shrinkage describes a new approach to citizen-engaged, community-focused planning methods and technologies for cities and regions facing decline, disinvestment, shrinkage, and social and physical distress. The volume evaluates the benefits and costs of a wide range of analytic approaches for designing policy and planning interventions for shrinking cities and distressed communities. These include collaborative planning, social media, civic technology, game design, analytics, decision modeling and decision support, and spatial analysis. The authors present case studies of three US cities addressing shrinkage and decline, with a focus on issues of social justice, democratization of knowledge, and local empowerment. Proposed as a solution is an approach that puts community engagement and empowerment at the center, combined with data and technology innovations.

Subject

• Shrinking cities
• Urban policy
• City planning
• Community development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-252) and index.

Contents

List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Planning, Technology, and Shrinking Cities -- 1.1 Introduction: Policy, Planning Context, and Book Goals -- 1.2 Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities -- Shrinking Cities -- Race, Ethnicity, Shrinkage, and Distress -- Social Justice, Equity, and Shrinkage -- Vacancy and Abandonment -- 1.3 Sample Cities for This Book -- 1.4 Policy and Planning Technologies -- Smart Cities -- Big Data -- Planning Support Systems -- Data Analytics and Decision Science -- 1.5 The Roadmap for the Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2 What Can Data and Technology Do for Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities? -- 2.1 Planning Preliminaries -- Traditional Rationalists -- Corbusian Modernists -- Incrementalists -- Neo-Traditionalists/New Urbanists -- "Just City" Proponents -- Communicative/Collaborative Paradigm -- Contemporary Trends -- Where do Data, Models, and Technology Come in? -- 2.2 The Glass Is Half-Full: How Data and Technologies Can Support Sustainable and Equitable Urban Planning -- Quality of Life -- Technology-Enhanced Community Engagement -- Web-Supported Democratic Participation -- Analytics and Decision Modeling -- Civic Games and Simulations -- Social Media -- Geographic Information Systems, Participatory GIS, and Extensions -- Community-Based Research and Technology Design -- Community-Engaged Operations Research and Community Data Analytics -- Geodesign -- New Models for Researcher-Community Collaborations -- 2.3 The Glass Is Half-Empty: Limits to the Benefits of Data and Technologies in Urban Areas -- Political Disengagement, Social Isolation, and Unequal Technology Access of Minority and Underserved Communities -- Lack of Recognition of Privilege, Inequity, and Community Exclusion in Planning Support Technologies -- Lack of Trust -- Unclear Beneficiaries of Big Data and Smart Cities -- Third Spaces Are Not Available to All -- Excessive Costs -- Limited Resources and Technical Capacity -- 2.4 Can Data and Technology Do More Good than Harm for Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities? -- Chapter 3 Three Shrinking Cities: History, Practice, Data, and Technology -- 3.1 Rationale for Selecting Cities -- Themes of Sample Cities -- 3.2 Flint -- Demographics and Continuing Shrinkage in Flint -- Shrinkage Responses and Policy -- Assessment -- 3.3 Baltimore -- Demographics in Baltimore -- Housing Segregation in Baltimore -- Policy Responses -- Development Revitalization and Relocation -- Urban Greening and Sustainability Efforts -- Comprehensive Strategies -- Challenges and Critiques of Baltimore's Abandoned Housing Strategy -- Assessment -- 3.4 Fall River -- A History of Fall River's Rise and Fall -- What the Numbers Tell Us -- Policy Responses -- Assessment -- 3.5 Across Three Shrinking Cities: What Can We Learn? -- Notes

Call Number

JFE 22-2318

ISBN

• 1438483457
• 9781438483450

OCLC

1194958370

Author

Johnson, Michael P., 1964- author.

Title

Supporting shrinkage : planning and decision making for legacy cities / Michael P. Johnson, Justin B. Hollander, Eliza W. Kinsey, and George R. Chichirau with Charla Burnett.

Publisher

Albany : SUNY Press, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-252) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON.

Added Author

Hollander, Justin B., author.

Kinsey, Eliza W., author.

Chichirau, George, author.

Burnett, Charla, author.

Research Call Number

JFE 22-2318