Design After Decline: How America Rebuilds Shrinking Cities

by Brent D. Ryan

Book Overview

Almost fifty years ago, America's industrial cities--Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and others--began shedding people and jobs. Today they are littered with tens of thousands of abandoned houses, shuttered factories, and vacant lots. With population and housing losses continuing in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis, the future of neighborhoods in these places is precarious. How we will rebuild shrinking cities and what urban design...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812244079
• ISBN13: 9780812244076
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"