Revitalizing America’s Cities: Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement

397 Pages·1983·1.31 MB·English

by  Michael H. Schill

Revitalizing America's Cities :
Neighborhood Reinvestment and
title:
Displacement SUNY Series On Urban
Public Policy
Schill, Michael H.; Nathan, Richard P.;
author:
Persaud, Harrichand.
publisher: State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin: 0873957431
print isbn13: 9780873957434
ebook isbn13: 9780585063812
language: English
Community development--United States--
Case studies, Neighborhood--United States-
subject -Case studies, Urban renewal--United
States--Case studies, Urban policy--United
States--Case studies.
publication date: 1983
lcc: HN90.C6S352 1983eb
ddc: 307/.3362/0973
Community development--United States--
Case studies, Neighborhood--United States-
subject:
-Case studies, Urban renewal--United
States--Case studies, Urban policy--United
States--Case studies.
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Revitalizing America's Cities
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SUNY Series on Urban Public Policy
edited by Mark Schneider and Richard Rich
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Revitalizing America's Cities
Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement
BY Michael H. Schill
and Richard P. Nathan
with the assistance of
Harrichand Persaud
Princeton Urban and Regional Research Center
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
State University of New York Press Albany
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Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
© 1983 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner
whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief
quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State
University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Schill, Michael H.
Revitalizing America's Cities
(SUNY series on urban public policy)
Includes index.
1. Community developmentUnited StatesCase studies. 2.
NeighborhoodUnited
StatesCase studies. 3. Urban renewalUnited StatesCase studies. 4.
Urban policyUnited StatesCase studies. I. Nathan, Richard P. II.
Persaud, Harrichand. III.
Title. IV. Series.
HN90.C6S352 1983 307'.3362 0973 83-396
ISBN 0-87395-742-3
ISBN 0-87395-743-1 (pbk.)
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

Page v
To
Betty and Sidney Nathan
Ruth and Simon Schill
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Contents
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1 The Setting for Urban Neighborhood 1
Reinvestment
Chapter 2 Neighborhood Revitalization 9
Chapter 3 Displacement 46
Chapter 4 Methodology and Description of Study Areas 60
Chapter 5 Results of the Displacement Study 103
Appendix: A Probit Model 120
Chapter 6 Neighborhood Reinvestment, Displacement, and 133
Public Policy
Appendix A Survey Questionnaire and Cover Letter 143
Appendix B A Note on Nonresponse Bias 153
Appendix C Maps of Survey Neighborhoods 155
Appendix D Survey Results by Summary Categories of 161
Reasons for Moving
Notes 164
Index 179