Resilient Downtowns

Informationen zum Autor Michael A. Burayidi is Irving Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning at Ball State University! Indiana. He is also author of Downtowns: Revitalizing the Centers of Small Urban Communities (Routledge! 2001) and Urban Planning in a Multicultural Society (Praeger! 2000). Klappentext Resilient Downtowns provides a four-step, practical approach to revitalizing your small urban community's downtown. Zusammenfassung Resilient Downtowns provides a four-step, practical approach to revitalizing your small urban community's downtown. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Bringing downtowns back to life. Chapter 2: Regional and historical context of the resilient downtowns. Chapter 3: Cultivating downtown living. Chapter 4: Courting new immigrants. Chapter 5: Downtowns as civic and cultural centers. Chapter 6: Historic preservation and heritage tourism. Chapter 7: Designing resilient downtowns. Chapter 8: Economic distress and downtown revitalization. Chapter 9: Downtown alive!

Auteur

Michael A. Burayidi is Irving Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning at Ball State University, Indiana. He is also author of Downtowns: Revitalizing the Centers of Small Urban Communities (Routledge, 2001) and Urban Planning in a Multicultural Society (Praeger, 2000).

Texte du rabat

Resilient Downtowns provides a four-step, practical approach to revitalizing your small urban community's downtown.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Bringing downtowns back to life. Chapter 2: Regional and historical context of the resilient downtowns. Chapter 3: Cultivating downtown living. Chapter 4: Courting new immigrants. Chapter 5: Downtowns as civic and cultural centers. Chapter 6: Historic preservation and heritage tourism. Chapter 7: Designing resilient downtowns. Chapter 8: Economic distress and downtown revitalization. Chapter 9: Downtown alive!