Urban-Community Projects

This area of the Cyberhood contains urban-community projects that may be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners working in communities of color and poor central city neighborhoods.

 

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Urban-Community Project of the Month

 

Maximizing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Opportunity

 

 

Past Urban Community Projects

2009 Israeli Arab / Palestinian Public Opinion Survey

 

A Choice With No Options: Atlanta Public Housing Residents' Lived Experiences in the Face of Relocation

 

A City is not a Toy: How SimCity Plays with Urbanism

 

A Growing Tradition, Examining the African American Family Foundation

 

A New Goal for America's High Schools: College Preparation for All

 

At What Cost?: HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global War on Drugs

 

Community Benefit Agreements: the power, practice and promise of a responsible redevelopment tool (Annie E Casey Foundation)

 

A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities

 

Eminent Domain: Implications for Community Redevelopment Efforts (Annie E Casey Foundation)

 

A Study of Closing Costs for FHA Mortgages

 

Alcohol Outlets as Attractors of Violence and Disorder: A Closer Look at the Neighborhood Environment  

 

Biggest Bang for the Buck: Researchers Weigh Stimulus Proposals

 

Civic Engagement; Public Service, Personal Responsibility (Magazine of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark)

 

Confronting Concentrated Poverty in Fresno

 

Cops, Kids and Culture

 

Dr. Kings Dream Denied: Fourty Years of Failed Federal Enforcement (2008 Fair Housing Trends Report)

 

Empowering Local Communities: Through Leadership Development and Capacity Building  

 

Failed Promises: Assessing Charter Schools in the Twin Cities

 

Federal Policy Ideas for Community Revitalization 

 

The Foreclosure Generation: The Long-Term Impact of the Housing Crisis on Latino Children and Families

 

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: Addressing Inequalities in Urban Environments 

 

High-Speed Internet Connectivity in North Carolina's Distressed Urban Areas

 

Hopeworks 'N Camden

 

How Public is Private Philanthropy?

 

In the Face of Gentrification: Case Studies of Local Efforts to Mitigate Displacement 

 

Journal of Community Power Building, Volume IV

 

Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues

 

Low-Income Families and Communities (Brookings Institution)

 

Making a Business Case for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Key Issues and Observations

 

Managing Neighborhood Change: A Framework for Sustainable and Equitable Revitalization

 

Maximizing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Opportunity

 

Mayors' Resource Guide on Vacant and Abandoned Properties

 

Move Out to Where: Initial Relocation Destinations of Former Public Housing Residents in Atlanta a Preliminary Brief

 

Out of Reach 2010

 

PFBC Technical Assistance for the Gary, Indiana (APA Planning and the Black Community Division)

 

Race, Equity and Smart Growth: Why People of Color Must Speak for Themselves

 

Race Relations 2006: A Research Study

 

Racial Wealth Divde (RWD) Program 

 

Restoring the Health of Your Organization: A Practical Guide to Curing and Preventing Curruption in Local Governments and Communities

 

Shelter Force Fall 2007 Issue on Houing Policy

 

Social Capital and Social Geography

 

Team-Building and Participation: Guide to Tips on Principles and Practices

 

The Crisis Continues: Black Male Joblessness in Milwaukee 2007   

 

The Dirksen Center Projects 

 

The Economic Costs of Poverty in the United States: Subsequent Effects of Children Growing Up Poor  

 

The Mechanics of City-School Initiatives: Transforming Neighborhoods of Distress & Despair into Neighborhoods of Choice and Promise

 

The Nonprofit Sector and the Federal Budget: Fiscal Year 2006 and Beyond 

 

The Quest for Inner-City Transformation

 

The State of Public Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans

 

Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, National Security, and Human Rights in the United States

 

The Uncharted, Uncertian Future of HOPEIV Redevelopments

 

The Urban Institute's Program on Neighborhoods and Youth Development: Understanding How Place Matters for Kids

 

Unions, Community-Based Organizations, and Pre-Apprenticeship Programs 

 

Urban Transition Historical GIS Project

 

"We Are Not Just A Band-Aid": How Homeless Service Providers in Chicago Carry Out Policy Advocacy

 

Weathering the Storm; Have IDAs Helped Low-Income Homebuyers Avoid Foreclosure? 

 

Where Did They Go?: The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America 

 

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