This report identifies replicable strategies that have helped smaller legacy cities overcome population loss, neighborhood disinvestment, unemployment, and other problems common in older industrial centers with fewer than 200,000 residents. Practitioners, policy makers, and students will learn how these local leaders found the competitive edge and transformed their cities into thriving, sustainable communities.
Pages
72
Format
Paperback
ISBN 13
9781558443709
Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities: Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to Lowell
This report identifies replicable strategies that have helped smaller legacy cities overcome population loss, neighborhood disinvestment, unemployment, and other problems common in older industrial centers with fewer than 200,000 residents. Practitioners, policy makers, and students will learn how these local leaders found the competitive edge and transformed their cities into thriving, sustainable communities.