The Urban Struggle for Economic, Environmental and Social Justice: Deepening their roots [Hardcover]

1. The New Struggle for Economic, Environmental and Social Justice  2. Our Changing Landscape  3. Boston: The fight for quality jobs  4. Brookylyn: The struggle for inclusive governance and transparency  5. San Francisco: The fight to preserve the mission district  6. Washington DC: 'Chocolate city' is changing  7. Deepending their Roots: The urban struggle for economic, environmental and social justice

At last, a book that looks at some of the ways in which gentrification has been reined in. The book provides a wide-ranging and largely convincing account of the alliances that have made possible some legal constraints to be placed on unrestrained gentrification Tim Butler, Kings College London, UK

Hutson (Univ. of California Berkeley) tries to understand the rapid and unrestrained gentrification occurring in strong-market cities such as Boston, New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Washington, DC, with their attendant displacements of poor and working-class populations. Important topics include the demographic shift back into cities; the awakening of marginalized urban communities of color; the cases of academic and medical institutions expanding into surrounding poor neighborhoods; the struggle of residents to hold government and developers accountable; and the efforts of community organizations to promote equitable development for local residents and provide more community control over land use and planning. The dynamic of economic crises involving home foreclosures and unemployment has bolstered community development grassroots efforts. Grassroots community development is seen as a way to bring about healthy, sustainable, urban communities with reduced displacement, poverty, and inequality. The new policies encouraging public/private partnerships to improve economic, environmental, and social dil+