Developing communities: the Ford Foundation and the global urban crisis, 1958–66
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DOI: 10.1017/s1740022820000200
Abstract: Abstract Between 1958 and 1966 the Ford Foundation embarked on a series of pilot projects of ‘urban community development’ in India and the United States. This article will highlight how both of these programmes emerged… read more here.
Keywords: urban crisis; global urban; ford; ford foundation ... See more keywords
The New Urban Crisis: how our cities are increasing inequality, deepening segregation, and failing the middle-class – and what we can do about it
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DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2018.1492072
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Keywords: urban crisis; inequality deepening; crisis cities; new urban ... See more keywords
Urban crisis: Bonfire of vanities to find opportunities in the ashes
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098017700296
Abstract: This article argues that a critical urban studies needs to examine the reproduction of crisis in cities not just at a macro level, but also in the day-to-day activities in urban administrations. Time and power… read more here.
Keywords: urban crisis; crisis; vanities find; crisis bonfire ... See more keywords
Sounding the Powers of Place in Neighborhoods: Responses to the Urban Crisis in Washington Heights and New York City
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DOI: 10.1177/0096144217704131
Abstract: As scholars move from studying the city as the setting for larger social processes to exploring how cities play constitutive roles in historical change, it is important to explore the most fundamental and complex unit… read more here.
Keywords: urban crisis; city; york city; washington heights ... See more keywords