Davidson / Ward Cities under Austerity

Restructuring the US Metropolis
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6819-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines the ways in which austerity policies are transforming US cities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davidson, Mark

Ward, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Preface: Situating Austerity Urbanism
Jamie Peck

1. Introduction
Mark Davidson and Kevin Ward

2. Austerity and the Spectacle: Urban Triage and Post-Political Development in Detroit
L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Chalem Bolton

3. Austerity as the New Normal: The Fiscal Politics of Retrenchment in San Jose, California 59
Sara Hinkley

4. The Difference a Crisis Makes: Environmental Demands and Disciplinary Governance in the Age of Austerity
C. S. Ponder

5. The Unaffordability of Recession: Housing Mobility and Recession Austerity in Providence, Rhode Island
Aaron Niznik

6. Urban Governance and Inclusionary Housing in New York City
Kathe Newman

7. Homeownership in Middle America: A Case of Incidental Austerity?
Daniel J. Hammel and Xueying Chen

8. Conclusion
Mark Davidson and Kevin Ward

Postscript
Mark Davidson and Kevin Ward

References
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Davidson is Associate Professor of Urban Geography at Clark University and the coeditor (with Deborah Martin) of Urban Politics: Critical Approaches. Kevin Ward is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom and the coeditor (with Eugene McCann) of Mobile Urbanism: Cities and Policymaking in the Global Age.