Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Neighborhood Defenders and the Power of Delay
- 3 Land Use Regulations and Multifamily Housing Development
- 4 Land Use Regulations and Public Input
- 5 Who Are the Neighborhood Defenders?
- 6 Neighborhood Defense Tactics
- 7 Gentrification, Affordable Housing, and Housing Reform
- Appendix to Chapter 3
- Appendix to Chapter 4
- Appendix to Chapter 5
- Appendix to Chapter 6
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Neighborhood Defenders and the Power of Delay
- 3 Land Use Regulations and Multifamily Housing Development
- 4 Land Use Regulations and Public Input
- 5 Who Are the Neighborhood Defenders?
- 6 Neighborhood Defense Tactics
- 7 Gentrification, Affordable Housing, and Housing Reform
- Appendix to Chapter 3
- Appendix to Chapter 4
- Appendix to Chapter 5
- Appendix to Chapter 6
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 uses several illustrative case studies to introduce the central argument of this book: that land use institutions ostensibly designed to empower underrepresented neighborhood groups actually amplify the power of neighborhood defenders to stop and delay the construction of new housing. We then situate this argument in the broader context of rising national housing costs, and the negative social, economic, and environmental consequences of the nationwide housing crunch.
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- Neighborhood DefendersParticipatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis, pp. 1 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019