The paradox of urban space: inequality and transformation in marginalized communities

As racially-based inequalities and spatial segregation deepen, further strained by emergent problems associated with climate change, ever-widening differences between wealth and poverty, and the economic crisis, this book issues a timely call for just, sustainable development. SHARON E. SUTTON is a Professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Washington, USA. SUSAN P. KEMP is the Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Washington, USA. INDICE: - Introduction: Place as Marginality and Possibility; 'S.E.Sutton'& 'S.P.Kemp' - PART I: PLACE, RACE, AND POWER - Place: A Site of Social and Environmental Inequity; 'S.E.Sutton' & 'S.P.Kemp' - Struggling for the Right toHousing: A Critical Analysis of the Evolution of West Seattle's High Point; 'S.E.Sutton' - The Ultimate Team Sport?: Urban Waterways and Youth Rowing in Seattle, Washington; 'A.T.Wessells' - Recognizing the Lived Experience of Place:Challenges to Genuine Participation in Redeveloping Public Housing Communities; 'L.C.Manzo' - Beyond Insiders and Outsiders: Conceptualizing Multiple Dimensions of Community Development Stakeholders; 'L.H.Ishem' - PART II: PLACEMAKING AS LIVING DEMOCRACY - Place: A Site of Individual and Collective Transformation; 'S.E.Sutton' & 'S.P.Kemp' - Refusing Marginality: Youth as Critical Placemakers in Urban Communities; 'S.P.Kemp ' - Supporting Grassroots Resistance: Sustained Community/University Partnerships to Contest Chicago's HOPE VI Program; 'R.M.Feldman' - Mutual Learning in a Community-University Partnership: WhatDesign-Build Projects Contribute to Placemaking and Placemakers; 'S.Badanes' - PART III: NEW TOOLS, NEW PROFESSIONAL ROLES - Transforming Communities through Mapping: Harnessing the Potential of New Technologies; 'A.Hillier' - On theSocial Construction of Place: Using Participatory Methods and Digital Tools to Reconceive Distressed Urban Neighborhoods; 'M.Kelley' - Documenting (In) Justice: Community-based Participatory Research and Video; 'C.Cahill' & 'M.Bradley' - Socially Conscious Design in the Information Age: The Practice of an Architecture for Humanity; 'D.Smolker' & 'C.Lanza' - Conclusions: Toward a Praxis of Transformative Placemaking; 'S.E.Sutton' & 'S.P.Kemp'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10391-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 296
• Fecha Publicación: 10/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido