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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