Lecture II: Theories of Neighborhood Change

Readings

Galster and Rothenberg, 1992. “Filtering in Urban Housing:  A Graphical Analysis of a Quality-Segmented Market,” Journal of Planning Education and Research. On E-Reserves.

Sampson, Robert J. Chapter 7—Theory of Collective Efficacy in Great American City.

Temkin, Kenneth, and William Rohe. 1996. Neighborhood Change and Urban Policy. Journal of Planning and Education Research 15:159-170. On E-Reserves.

Assignment

For the ecological/filtering, political economy and social/community theories, respectively, assume these models of neighborhood decline are correct and are the primary mechanisms through which neighborhoods decline. What direction do these theories point to when thinking of how to address neighborhood decline? Note that you should consider the political economy and social/community theories separately.

Lecture III Taking Measure of Community

Readings

Galster, George, Chris Hayes, & Jennifer Johnson. 2005. Identifying Robust, Parsimonious Neighborhood Indicators. On E-reserves.

Holstein, James A. and Jaber F. Gubrium. 1995. The Active Interview.  Read this in preparation for conducting your field interviews.

In-Class Discussion

The Fifth Avenue Committee: The Membership Organization Decision. Available on-line for $2.75 at http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu/casetitle.asp?caseNo=1626.0  (make sure you select the academic not corporate category.

Lecture IV Gentrification

Readings

Freeman, Lance. 2005. Displacement or Succession: Residential Mobility in Gentrifying Neighborhoods. Urban Affairs Review. On E-Reserve.

Freeman, Lance. Chapters 3-6 in There Goes the Hood.

Slater, Tom. 2009. Missing Marcuse: On Gentrification and Displacement. City. 13:2,292 — 311. On E-reserve.

Wittberg, Patricia. 1992. Perspectives on Gentrification: A Comparative Review of the Literature. Research in Urban Sociology. 2:17-46. In reader.

Lecture V Community Development Strategy: A Historical Perspective

Readings

Halpern, Robert. 1995. Rebuilding the Inner City. Chapters 1 and 2. In reader.

Rohe, William. From Local to Global: One Hundred Years of Neighborhood Planning. Journal of the American Planning Association. 75:2, 209-230. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944360902751077

Pritchett, Wendell. 2002. Brownsville, Brooklyn. Chapter 7. In reader.

Assignment

What assumptions about poor neighborhoods motivated earlier policies toward neighborhood revitalization? How successful were these efforts?  Drawing on the theoretical discussions from earlier in the semester, speculate on the obstacles to success for these efforts.

Lecture VI Community Development Strategy

Readings

Medoff, Peter and Holly Sklar. Streets of Hope. Chapter 2.

Bratt, Rachel G. and William M. Rohe. Challenges and dilemmas facing community development corporations in the United States Community Development Journal Vol 42 No 1 January 2007 pp. 63–78. On E-reserve.

Edward Goetz. Mara Sidney. 1994. Revenge Of The Property Owners: Community Development and the Politics of Property. Journal of Urban Affairs. 16(4): 319–334 On Courseworks.

Lecture 7 Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Lecture VII Community Development Strategies: Mobilizing

Readings

Medoff, Peter and Holly Sklar. Streets of Hope. Chapters 3 & 7.

Stoecker, Randy. 1997. The CDC model of urban redevelopment: a critique and an alternative. Journal of Urban Affairs. 19(1). On E-reserves.

Sampson, Robert J. Chapter 8—Civic Society and the Organizational Imperative Great American City

Donovan, Shaun. 1994. Affordable Homeownership in New York City: Nehemiah Plan Homes and the New York City Housing Partnership. Joint Center for Housing Studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government; Harvard University.

Assignment

Neighborhood Analysis Due

Lecture VIII Midterm

Lecture IX Eminent Domain & Community Benefits Agreements

Readings

Heller, Michael. The Gridlock Economy.  Chapter 5. On E-reserves

Gross, Julian. Making Development Projects Accountable. Available on Courseworks.

Medoff, Peter and Holly Sklar. Streets of Hope . Chapter 5.

Nicholas J. Marantz (2015) What Do Community Benefits Agreements

Deliver? Evidence From Los Angeles, Journal of the American Planning Association, 81:4,

251-267. Available on Courseworks.

Lecture X Market Based Approaches

Readings

Forbes, Jennifer. Using economic development programs as tools For urban revitalization: a comparison of Empowerment zones and new markets tax Credits. University of Illinois Law Review. On E-reserves.

Porter, Michael. An economic strategy for America's inner cities: addressing the controversy.   Michael E. Porter, The Review of Black Political Economy , 0034-6446, Fall-Winter 1995 v24 n2-3 p303(33). On E-reserves.

Assignments

Interview Summaries Due

Lecture XI The Importance of Capital

Mariano, Joe. 2003. Where the Hell did Billions of Dollars for Reinvestment Come from? In Organizing Access to Capital. Chapter 2. In reader.

Lowe, Stanley A. and John T. Metzger. A Citywide Strategy: The Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group. In Organizing Access to Capital.  Chapter 6. In Reader.

Immergluck, D. (2010). "Neighborhoods in the Wake of the Debacle: Intrametropolitan Patterns of Foreclosed Properties." Urban Affairs Review 46(1): 3-36.

Immergluck, D. (2011). "From risk-limited to risk-loving mortgage markets: origins of the US subprime crisis and prospects for reform." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment26(3): 245-262.

Lecture XII Deconcentrating the Poor

Readings

Briggs, Xavier de Souza, Susan J. Popkin, and John Goering. Moving to Opportunity. Chapters 3-6.

Imbroscio, David. 2008. "[U]Nited And Actuated By Some Common Impulse Of Passion"¹: Challenging The Dispersal Consensus In American Housing Policy Research. Journal of Urban Affairs. 30(2): 111 – 130.  On E-reserve.

Briggs, Xavier De Souza. 2008.  Maximum Feasible Misdirection: A Reply To Imbroscio . Journal Of Urban Affairs. 30(2):  (p 131-137). On E-reserve.

Lecture XIII FINAL PRESENTATIONS