Week 8 - The Enduring Significance of Neighborhoods

Description

A primary theme of our class has been the enduring significance of neighborhoods for housing. We’ve looked at how these patterns of differentiation oftentimes overlay down to the block with patterns of racial and economic segregation. We’ve also looked at a range of policy tools used to address segregation and disinvestment in neighborhoods. So why despite all of these efforts are there such marked differences between neighborhoods and their power to support intergenerational wealth transfer and mobility?

Facilitators

• Mike Davis, Executive Director, Central Illinois Land Bank Authority

Readings

• Rotella, Carlo, The Unexpected Power of Your Old Neighborhood  

• Vale, Lawrence, Urban Renewal and the Rise of Cabrini-Green  

• Prochaska, Natalie, “Old” Urban Renewal in Champaign-Urbana, 1960-1969  

• Hyra, Derek, Conceptualizing the New Urban Renewal: Comparing Past to the Present  

• Galster, George, and Patrick Sharkey, Spatial Foundations of Inequality: A Conceptual Framework  

Slides

• Slides - Professor Greenlee
• Slides - Discussion Facilitation
• Slides - Mike Davis

Other Resources

• Baker, Dwayne, Esteban Lopez, and Andrew Greenlee, Transit Development and Housing Displacement: The Case of the Chicago Red Line Extension

* Black Activity Spaces in Shaker Heights  

• Contractor, Annie, and Andrew Greenlee, Up-“Routing” Communities: Subaltern Voices Challenge Sustainable Urban Renewal in Fortaleza, Brazil

• Keep, Miriam, Bernadette Montanari, Andrew Greenlee, Contesting “inclusive” development: Reactions to Slum Resettlement as Social Inclusion in Tamesna, Morocco

• Lee, et al., Transcriptomic Analyses of Black Women in Neighborhoods with High Levels of Violence

• Lee, C. Aujean, and Andrew Greenlee, Impacts of Multiscale Racial Concentration on Neighborhood Foreclosure Risk in Immigrant Gateway etropolitan Areas

• Sutton, Stacey, Urban Revitalization in the United States: Policies and Practices (Sections 2-4)