Examining current threats to communities across the U.S. and the globe, this book draws on first-hand experience with, and accounts of, the crises already precipitated by climate change, population shifts, and economic inequality.
Examining current threats to communities across the U.S. and the globe, this book draws on first-hand experience with, and accounts of, the crises already precipitated by climate change, population shifts, and economic inequality.
Ray Brescia is Associate Professor and Director of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, Albany, N.Y, USA, and John Travis Marshall is Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA, USA
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword (Arthur C. Nelson), Preface (Ray Brescia and John Travis Marshall), Introduction ( Raymond H. Brescia and John Travis Marshall), 1. Cities and the Financial Crisis (Ray Brescia), 2. Assessing Metropolitan Resiliency: Laying the Foundation for Urban Sustainability (John Travis Marshall), 3. Avoiding Atlantis: Protecting Urban Cultural Heritage from Disaster (Ryan Rowberry), 4. Moving to Safety? Opportunities to Reduce Vulnerability through Relocation and Resettlement Policy (Marla Nelson and Renia Ehrenfeucht), 5. Developing the Sustainable City: Curitiba, Brazil, as a Case Study (Hanna-Ruth Gustafsson and Elizabeth A. Kelly), 6. Exploring Options for Urban Sustainability in an Era of Scarce Water Resources: A Possible Ban on Lawns (Sarah B. Schindler), 7. Think Global, Pay Local (Ray Brescia), 8. Cities and Immigration Reform: National Policy from the Bottom Up (John DeStefano, Jr.), 9. Can Charter Schools Save Cities? Social Capital and Urban Public Education (John A. Lovett), 10. Cities Seeking Justice: Local Government Litigation in the Public Interest (Kathleen S. Morris), 11. Strategic Code Compliance Enforcement: A Prescription for Resilient Communities (Kermit J. Lind, J.D), 12. Renegotiating the Constituent's Role in Urban Governance: Participatory Budgeting in New York City (Celina Su), 13. Financing Urban Transportation Infrastructure: Old and New Approaches for Funding Urban Regeneration and Resiliency: The Atlanta Example (M. Becht Neel and Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer)
Foreword (Arthur C. Nelson), Preface (Ray Brescia and John Travis Marshall), Introduction ( Raymond H. Brescia and John Travis Marshall), 1. Cities and the Financial Crisis (Ray Brescia), 2. Assessing Metropolitan Resiliency: Laying the Foundation for Urban Sustainability (John Travis Marshall), 3. Avoiding Atlantis: Protecting Urban Cultural Heritage from Disaster (Ryan Rowberry), 4. Moving to Safety? Opportunities to Reduce Vulnerability through Relocation and Resettlement Policy (Marla Nelson and Renia Ehrenfeucht), 5. Developing the Sustainable City: Curitiba, Brazil, as a Case Study (Hanna-Ruth Gustafsson and Elizabeth A. Kelly), 6. Exploring Options for Urban Sustainability in an Era of Scarce Water Resources: A Possible Ban on Lawns (Sarah B. Schindler), 7. Think Global, Pay Local (Ray Brescia), 8. Cities and Immigration Reform: National Policy from the Bottom Up (John DeStefano, Jr.), 9. Can Charter Schools Save Cities? Social Capital and Urban Public Education (John A. Lovett), 10. Cities Seeking Justice: Local Government Litigation in the Public Interest (Kathleen S. Morris), 11. Strategic Code Compliance Enforcement: A Prescription for Resilient Communities (Kermit J. Lind, J.D), 12. Renegotiating the Constituent's Role in Urban Governance: Participatory Budgeting in New York City (Celina Su), 13. Financing Urban Transportation Infrastructure: Old and New Approaches for Funding Urban Regeneration and Resiliency: The Atlanta Example (M. Becht Neel and Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer)
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