An Ordinary City Planning for Growth and Decline in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Planning for Growth and Decline in America: A Concise History; Fast Growth Urbanization and Smart Growth; Shrinking Cities Movement, Smart Shrinkage; The Landscape of Shrinking Cities2; Conventional Responses to Shrinkage; A New Approach to Address Shrinkage; The Genesis and Maturity of the Shrinkage Idea; Protection and Maintenance Is the Key; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Theories of Smart Shrinkage and Smart Growth; Planning Theory and Depopulation

Top-Down Smart ShrinkageAssumption of Blank Slate; Quieted Public; Social Justice and Smart Shrinkage; Smart Shrinkage and Growth Planning Processes Must Include and Explicitly Recognize Multiple Voices; Smart Shrinkage and Growth Planning Processes Should Be Political and Deliberative in Nature; Smart Shrinkage and Growth Planners Should Be Cognizant of Differential Communication Techniques and Should Provide Information That Enables Citizens to Recognize and Challenge Power Imbalances and Structures of Domination

Smart Shrinkage and Growth Planning Processes Must Be Transparent and Value Different Types and Sources of Information Smart Shrinkage and Growth Planning Processes Should Be Regional in Scope, but Local in Control and Implementation; Justice in Practice?; A New Theory of Smart Shrinkage and Growth; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: How Much Change Is Too Much: A Look at the Numbers; Socioeconomic and Demographic Change; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: The Legacy of Change: Depopulation and Growth's Impact on New Bedford Today; What Residents See as Their Neighborhoods' Biggest Challenges

Blaming the "Other"Absentee Landlords; Real Estate Market Stagnation; More Abandoned Buildings, More Vacant Lots; Abandoned Buildings; Vacant Lots; Policy Options for Reusing Empty Buildings and Lands; Green Space; Decline in Density; Note; Bibliography; Chapter 6: After the Hurricane: Government Responses to Employment and Population Decline, 1929-1975; The Urban Crisis in New Bedford; Urban Renewal in Action: The South Terminal Project; Looking Closely at Three Neighborhoods; What the Historic Maps Tell Us About a Shrinking City; Notes; Bibliography

Chapter 7: Coming to Terms with Change: Contemporary Policy ResponsesReading City Reports for Insight; Demographic Trends and Projections; What the City Is Doing; Why the City Is Doing It; What Words Did They Use; Deconstructing; Reevaluating; Reorganizing; Imagining; What the Numbers Show; Deconstructing; Reevaluating; Reorganizing; Imagining; Growth; Voices from the Field; The Contours of Today's Smart Shrinkage and Growth; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 8: Urban Absorption; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Limitations and Recommendations for Future Research

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