Overview

Efforts to address the problems of distressed urban neighborhoods stretch back to the 1800s, but until relatively recently, data played little role in forming policy. It wasn't until the early 1990s that all of the factors necessary for rigorous, multifaceted analysis of neighborhood conditions--automated government records, geospatial information systems, and local organizations that could leverage both--converged. Strengthening Communities documents that convergence and details its progress, plotting the ways data are improving local governance in America.

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Author:   G. Thomas Kingsley ,  Claudia J. Coulton ,  Kathryn L. Pettit
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:  

9781442277052

ISBN 10:   144227705
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   15 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1 Introduction to the Field 2 Institutional Context ESSAYS Technology, Data, and Institutional Change in Local Government Cory Fleming From Tornadoes to Transit: How Data Sharing Has Strengthened Community Development in the Twin Cities Jacob Wascalus and Jeff Matson 3 Progress in Data and Technology ESSAY Mashup City: Tools for Urban Life and Urban Progress in the Internet Age Greg Sanders 4 A Framework for Indicators and Decisionmaking 5 Using Data for Neighborhood Improvement ESSAY S Neighborhood Data and Locally Driven Community Change Robert J. Chaskin Cutting Through the Fog: Helping Communities See a Clearer Path to Stabilization Lisa Nelson 6 Using Data for City and Regional Strategies ESSAY S Creating and Using Neighborhood Data to Shape a More Equitable Regional Greenspace Policy Meg Merrick and Sheila Martin A Solvable Problem Hidden in Plain View: When Monitoring the Right Data Makes All the Difference Hedy N. Chang 7 Advances in Analytic Methods for Neighborhood Data ESSAY S The Dynamic Neighborhood Taxonomy: An Innovative Typology for Community and Economic Development Riccardo Bodini Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Effects, and Residential Mobility: A Holistic View and Future Directions George Galster and Lina Hedman Beyond Mapping: Spatial Analytics and Evaluation of Place-Based Programs Julia Koschinsky 8 The Potential and the Way Forward About the Authors About the Essayists

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G. Thomas Kinsley, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, specializes in housing, urban policy, and governance issues. Claudia J. Coulton is distinguished university professor in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Kathryn L. S. Pettit is a senior research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute.

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