Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism by Gilderbloom, John I.

Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780292717107)

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Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism by Gilderbloom, John I.

Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism

$27.95
Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism by Gilderbloom, John I.

Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism

$27.95
Format: Paperback
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A legendary figure in the realms of public policy and academia, John Gilderbloom is one of the foremost urban-planning researchers of our time, producing groundbreaking studies on housing markets, design, location, regulation, financing, and community building. Now, in Invisible City, he turns his eye to fundamental questions regarding housing for the elderly, the disabled, and the poor. Why is it that some locales can offer affordable, accessible, and attractive housing, while the large majority of cities fail to do so? Invisible City calls for a brave new housing paradigm that makes the needs of marginalized populations visible to policy makers.Drawing on fascinating case studies in Houston, Louisville, and New Orleans, and analyzing census information as well as policy reports, Gilderbloom offers a comprehensive, engaging, and optimistic theory of how housing can be remade with a progressive vision. While many contemporary urban scholars have failed to capture the dynamics of what is happening in our cities, Gilderbloom presents a new vision of shelter as a force that shapes all residents.

Author: John I. Gilderbloom
ISBN-10: 0292717105
ISBN-13: 9780292717107
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2008
Pages: 281
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.13w x 0.70d
By John I. Gilderbloom
By John I. Gilderbloom
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John Ingram Gilderbloom is Professor of Urban and Public Affairs in the Graduate Program in Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville. He also directs the University's Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods and was a consultant to the Clinton administration. Gilderbloom has received numerous academic and professional awards, along with congressional and presidential recognition, throughout his twenty-five-year career.

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