Shrinking cities detroit pdf

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Need an account? Given that many consider the visual landscape of shrinking cities to be their most striking and disturbing feature, urban design seems an obvious means by which planners and designers might reshape these cities for their lives after decline and by extension, explore new forms of the ideal urban neighborhood and, perhaps, the ideal city. I examine existing urban design paradigms for the shrinking city, including New Urbanism, landscape urbanism, and everyday urbanism, before recommending a fourth paradigm based in part on Kevin Lynch's idea of the polycentered net.

I conclude with policy directions that might begin to enact such a strategy. Addresses strong global interest in urban areas like Detroit, Michigan, which are facing critical issues of urban decay Represents a useful contribution to the growing literature on 'first suburbs' Illustrates an alternate model to address shrinkage through on-the-ground project-based efforts in fringe communities.

Front Matter Pages i-xix. Introduction: The Shrinking City Phenomenon. Pages Detroit Metropolitan Area and Warren. The Shrinking Context of Warren.

Warren as a Case Study.