Revitalising deprived urban neighbourhoods : an assisted self-help approach /

Revitalising deprived urban neighbourhoods : an assisted self-help approach /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Colin C., 1961-
Imprint:Aldershot : Ashgate, c2001.
Description:viii, 212 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Urban and regional planning and development
Subject:
Urban renewal.
Urban renewal -- Citizen participation.
Urban renewal.
Urban renewal -- Citizen participation.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4561251
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Other authors / contributors:Windebank, J. (Janice)
ISBN:0754614824
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Rationales for a Self-help Approach
  • The employment problem
  • The persistence of self-help
  • Policy options and their implications
  • Self-help in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods
  • Examining self-help activity
  • The extent and character of self-help
  • Providing for ourselves: self provisioning
  • Helping each other out: unpaid community work
  • Spreading the cash around: paid informal exchange
  • Barriers to participation in self-help
  • Developing Policies to Revitalise Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods
  • From full-employment to full-engagement
  • Bottom-up initiatives
  • Top-down approaches
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Index
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