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Pushing Back the Gates: Neighborhood Perspectives on University-Driven Revitalization in West Philadelphia

Pushing Back the Gates: Neighborhood Perspectives on University-Driven Revitalization in West Philadelphia

Hardcover

Series: Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Vision

General EducationGeneral SociologyUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 143990068X
ISBN13: 9781439900680
Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
Published: Apr 6 2012
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

As college and university administrators expand and develop their urban campuses, they have also become developers-and primary drivers-of neighborhood change. But how do institutions contend with urban real estate needs, revitalization opportunities, and community outreach? And how do the residents benefit? Pushing Back the Gates provides a lively discussion of neighborhood-level perspectives of the dynamic changes brought about by institutions' urban planning efforts.

Harley Etienne outlines the rationale for university-driven development and neighborhood revitalization balanced by caution for the limitations of the model. He provides a summary of the University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia Initiatives and the challenges and successes of this unique plan. Etienne also examines the implementation of similar efforts at different universities around the country.

Pushing Back the Gates speaks to communities, university leaders, and urban developers who navigate the boundary between neighborhood revitalization through physical development and investments in incumbent populations and human capital.

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