Urban Neighborhoods: Research and Policy

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xiii
• Part I 1
• One Neighborhood Planning in America: Accomplishments and Limitations 5
• Two Neighborhood-Based Participation in the Planning Process: Promise and Reality 41
• References 70
• Part II 75
• Three Informal Social Control and Crime Prevention in Modern Urban Neighborhoods 79
• References 111
• Part III 119
• Four Neighborhood Impacts on Housing Prices 123
• Five the Role of the Small Commercial Center in the Urban Neighborhood 144
• Part IV 177
• Six Planners in the Neighborhood: A Cautionary Tale 181
• References 213
• Seven Roles for Research and the Researcher in Neighborhood Development 215
• Eight Neighborhood Mobilization: A Study of the Implementation of an Experimental Intervention 250
• Part V 281
• Nine Using Research to Build Stronger Neighborhoods: A Study of Pittsburgh's Neighborhoods 285
• Notes 307
• Ten the Helping Roles of Neighbors: Some Empirical Patterns 310
• References 329
• Eleven the Neighborhood in Metropolitan Life: Its Psychosocial Significance 331
• References 358
• Epilogue 364
• Notes 372
• Index 373
• About the Editor 377
• About the Contributors 379

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