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UniversityofMichiganAnnArborTaubmanCollegeofArchitectureandUrbanPlanningCourseTitle:NeighborhoodPlanning(UP655/SW655)
MondaysandWednesdays:9:00–10:30a.m.NorthCampus,ArtandArchitectureBuilding,Room2222
InstructorInformation: Dr.HarleyEtienneContactInformation: [email protected]: Room2208-D,ArtandArchitectureBuilding(NorthCampus)
Hours:ByAppointmentOnly(pleaseemailtoschedule)CourseDescription:Themajorfocusofthisclassistoteachstudentsthenatureofneighborhoodplanninginthecontemporaryerabyplacingitinthecontextofthedevelopment,demiseandrevitalizationofurbancommunitiesfromtheturnofthe20thcenturytothepresent.Aspecialemphasisisplacedonthetheory,history,practiceandchallengesofcommunitydevelopmentandneighborhoodplanninginthecurrentera.LearningObjectives:• Learnaboutthechallengesofdefining“neighborhood”andthedifficultiesofplanningfordiscrete
areasinthecontemporarycontext;• Reviewurbanplanningprocessesandunderstandtheplaceofneighborhoodplanningwithina
largerprofessionalcontext;• Gainanunderstandingofthehistoryandevolutionofthecommunitydevelopmentmovementand
contemporarychallengesfacingitscommunitydevelopmentorientedinstitutionsandorganizations;• Communicateconfidentlyaboutcontemporarypracticesusedbyandissuesconfrontingcommunity
developmentinstitutionsandcommunity-basedorganizations;• Developanunderstandingofthevariousinstitutionalandfundingmechanismsinvolvedin
successfulneighborhoodplanningprojects;and,
CourseRequirementsandGrading
Assignment/Item DueDate PercentTotalPanelPresentations(2or3) TBD 30%ResponsePaper1 TBD 15%ResponsePaper2 TBD 15%ResponsePaper3 TBD 15%ClassParticipation Cumulative 25%FinalGrade 100%GradingScale:A+=95%+InstructorDiscretion;A=100-90;B+=89-86;B=86–80;C=79–65;F=64andBelow.
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AssignmentsDiscussionLeadershipForthisassignment,eachstudentinthecoursewillchoosetwoorthreeclasssessions(dependingonfinalcourseenrollment)andleadclassdiscussionalongwiththeotherstudentswhohavechosenthatclasssession.Youwillaccessthesign-upthroughaGoogleDocthattheclasswillshare.Yourprimarytaskistorespondtothequestionslistedinthesyllabusunderthereadingsforeachday.Thequestionsareintendedtooutlinelearningobjectivesforeachtopicandprovideastructureforclassdiscussion.Thequestionsshouldnothoweverbeseenasa“checklist.”Discussionleadersareencouragedtoaddcomplementaryquestionsthatwillleadtoarich75-90minuteconversation.Ifdiscussionleadersfeelthatthereareadditionalreadingsormaterials(shortvideoclips,websites,etc.)thatwouldenrichourclassdiscussiononthatday’stopic.Discussionleaderswillbesubmittingtheirreactionpapersonthedaywhentheyleadclass(seebelow).Therefore,discussionleadersarestronglyencouragedtopresentargumentsandideaspresentedintheirreactionpapersduringclassdiscussion.Whilestudentsarebeingaskedtocoordinatetheirleadershipofclassdiscussions,thegradesareindividual.Eachstudentinresponsiblefortheirowncontributiontotheleadershipoftheclassdiscussion.Classdiscussionleadershipwillcomprise30%offinalgradesandwillreflectanaverageofscoresbetweenyour2(or3)classdiscussions.Giventhis,itisinyourbestinteresttoleaddiscussionatleasttwice,ifnotthreetimes.Thegradingrubricisasfollows:
50% CommandofAssignedMaterials/KnowledgeofTopic25% UseofDiscussionQuestions/QualityofAdditionalQuestions15% FacilitationofLargerClassDiscussion10% AbilitytoEngage/CooperatewithotherDiscussionLeaders
ResponsePapersFortheseassignments,studentswillchoosethreeindividualcoursetopics/sessionsandrespondtotheassignedreadingsineachinaconstructivewaythatbothsummarizesandchallengestheassignedreadings.Youmayusethe“DiscussionQuestions”toassistyoubutyourpapermustbewritteninthefirstpersonandincorporateathesisorposition.Yourtaskistonotsimplyprovethatyouhavedonethereadingbuthaveapositionaboutwhatyouhaveread.Formoreinformationonhowtowritea“good”reaction/responsepaper,pleasesee: https://twp.duke.edu/uploads/assets/response%20paper.pdf.Papersshouldbe4-6pages(notincludingcitations/bibliography),1”marginsonallsides,double-spaced,andcontaincitationsattheendofthedocumentintheformofabibliography(anyformat;e.g.MLA,Chicago,APA).AllpapersshouldbesubmittedviaCanvasbeforethestartofclassonthedaythatyoupresent.Paperssubmittedlaterwillbesubjecttoapenaltyofhalfofonegradeafterclassandone-letterdayperday.Afterthethirdday(includingweekends),yourpaperwillnotbeaccepted.Pleaseremembertoincludeyourname,andpagenumbers.
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Intheeventthatyoupresentonlytwice,thefinalpaperwillbedueonatthestartofthelastclasssessiononDecember12,2016.Thegradingrubricisasfollows:
35% Thesis/PositionStatement/OverallPaperStructure30% CommandofAssignedMaterials/KnowledgeofTopic/SupplementalMaterialsIncluded25% WritingQuality(freefromgrammaticalandsyntaxerrors,clarityofwriting,etc.)
10% Bibliography&Citations(clear,consistent,correctformat,etc.)ClassAttendance:Youarealloweduptotwo(2)unexcusedabsences.Thiscoursewillonlyhave26classsessions.Atthree(3)absences—excusedornot—youwillhavemissed10percentofthecourseoverall.Atfourabsences,15%;atsixabsences,nearly25%.Toaccuratelyreflectyourabilitytocontributeandparticipateoverthecourseofthesemester,Iwilldeductthree(3)fullpercentagepointsfromyourClassParticipationscoreperunexcusedabsence.Forexample,eight(8)absencesoverallwillresultinyourlosing24points(fromapossible30)fromyourClassParticipationscore.Ifyoumustmissclassduetoextraordinaryillness,deathinthefamily,etc.,youmustfurnishdocumentationfromtheUniversityHealthServiceorappropriateauthorityascloseaspossibletothedateoftheabsenceitself.PleasenotethatIwillbetakingattendanceviaCanvasatthestartofclass.Latearrivalswillcountfor80%ofaregularlyattendedclass.ClassTime:Classmeetingsarescheduledtorunbetween9:00and10:30a.m.onMondaysandWednesdays.ToaccommodatestudentswhoarecomingfromCentralCampus,thiscoursewillhonorthe“MichiganTime”systemandstartpromptlyat9:10a.m.IfyouarecomingfromsomewhereotherthanCentralCampusandmustroutinelyarrivelaterthan9:10a.m.orleaveearlierthan10:20a.m.,pleaseconsultwiththecourseinstructorasearlyinthesemesteraspossible.ClassParticipation:Exactly25%ofyourfinalgradewillbedeterminedbyyourclassparticipation.Regularattendance,attentionandengagementareresponsibilitiesandrequirements,notsuggestions.PleasenotethatClassParticipationisnotaproformapartofyourgrade.Onlythemostexceptionalcontributorstoclassdiscussionwillreceivethefull25%.RegularclassattendancealonewillnotguaranteeahighClassParticipationscore.NB:Askingquestionsthatareevidentintheclassreadingsorclassdiscussionarenotnecessarily“participation.”Onoccasion,IwillemploytheSocraticMethodandaskquestionsofstudentsonthatday’sassignedreadings.Studentswhorepeatedlyfailtoanswerquestionscorrectlywillhavetheirclassparticipationscorereduced.Therubricforgradinginthisareaisasfollows:22.5–25.0 Exceptional contributions to class discussions; students and instructor learned from
students’contributionstoclassdiscussionandclimate;18.75–22.4 Goodparticipantinclass;wasconsistentlyandactivelyengaged,evenifnotspeaking; generallyaddedpositivelytoclassroomdiscussionandactivities;16.25–18.74 Acceptable;wasoftenengagedwithsomeexceptions;12.0–16.24 Fair;wasoftennotengaged;didnotaddpositivelytoclassdiscussionorclimate;<11.9 Unacceptable;disruptive;hostiletowardsclassmates,instructor&staffand/ornegative influenceonclassdiscussionsandclimate.
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CommunicatingwiththeProfessor:IfyouemailProfessorEtienne,pleaseallow48hoursforaresponse.Facultymaynotalwaysbeavailableforimmediateresponses.Re-GradingPolicy:Iwillre-gradeanyworkwithinoneweekofmyreturningpaperstostudents.IfIhaveerredinmygrading,youwillbeawardedfullcreditforthemistake.However,Ireservetherighttore-gradetheentirepaperandwillcorrectanyothererrorsImayhavemissed—whethertheyraiseorloweryourfinalgrade.Thisalsoappliestoanypartialcreditawarded.Ineffect,yourgradeonanyre-gradedpaperorexammaygodowninsteadofup.Pleasebesurethatyouwanttoengagethere-gradingprocessbeforechallengingyourgrade(s).Laptop/Tablet/CellPhonesandFoodPolicies:Theuselaptops,cell/mobilephones,iPods,iPads,tablets,iPhones,Droids,mp3playersandothercomparableelectronicdevicesisstronglydiscouragedunlessabsolutelynecessaryforclassparticipation.Tabletsmaybeusediftheyarebeingusedtoaccessclassreadingsandtext.Allotherelectroniccommunicationdevicesshouldbeturnedoffpriortothestartofclass.Studentsshouldalsoavoidbringingfullmealsanddistractingsnackstoclass(e.g.loud,smelly,offensive,dangeroustostudentswithnutallergies,vegan,etc.).Coffeedrinks,waterandothersoftdrinksareacceptableassumingthattheydonotdistractfromclassdiscussion.FailuretoabidebythesepolicieswillresultinasubstantialreductioninthefinalClassParticipationgrade.Astheinstructorofthecourse,Ireservetherighttoaskanystudentwhodisruptsclassthroughtheviolationofthesepoliciestoleavetheclassroom.StatementonAcademicIntegrityAsamemberoftheuniversitycommunity,andstudentintheRackhamSchoolofGraduateStudies,youareboundbytheirrespectiverulesandregulationsonAcademicandProfessionalIntegrity.IfyouareunfamiliarwiththeUniversityofMichigan’sorRackhamSchoolofGraduateStudies’policiesonacademicandprofessionalmisconduct,pleasevisitthefollowingpage:http://www.rackham.umich.edu/current-students/policies/academic-policies/section11AccommodationsforStudentswithDisabilitiesIncompliancewiththeUniversityofMichiganRackhamGraduateSchoolpolicy,Iamavailabletodiscussappropriateacademicaccommodationsthatmayberequiredforstudentswithdisabilities.Requestsforacademicaccommodationsshouldbemadeduringthefirstthreeweeksofthesemester,exceptforunusualcircumstances,soarrangementscanbemade.StudentsareencouragedtoregisterwithOfficeofServicesforStudentswithDisabilitiestodetermineeligibilityforappropriateaccommodations.See:http://www.rackham.umich.edu/policies/accommodations_for_graduate_students_with_disabilities/ServicesforStudentswithDisabilities:http://ssd.umich.edu//
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CourseReadingsandScheduleNB:Thescheduleofreadingsandtopicsaresubjecttochange.Wednesday,September7,2016(1)CourseIntroductionandOverviewDiscussionQuestions:
1. Whatisyourdefinitionofa“neighborhood”?2. Whatfactorsdoyoubelievehavecontributed(orarecontributing)tothe“failure”ofurban
neighborhoods?3. Whattopicsdoyoumosthopethatwe’llcoveroverthecourseofthesemester?
Monday,September12,2016(2)Whatisa“Successful”CommunityorNeighborhood?A. AmericanPlanningAssociation.2015.“CharacteristicsandGuidelinesofGreatNeighborhoods,”
https://www.planning.org/greatplaces/neighborhoods/characteristics.htm
B. Talen,Emily,SunnyMenozziandChloeScheafer.2015.“Whatisa‘GreatNeighborhood’?AnAnalysisofAPA’sTop-RatedPlaces.”JournaloftheAmericanPlanningAssociation,81(2):121–141.(Canvas&Library)
C. Galster,George.2001.“OntheNatureofNeighborhoods,”UrbanStudies,38(12):2111-2124.
(Canvas&Library)RecommendedD. Talen,E.2000.“TheProblemwithCommunityinPlanning,”JournalofPlanningLiterature,
15(2):171-183.(Canvas&Library)DiscussionQuestions:
1. Do“neighborhoods”differfrom“communities”?Ifso,how?2. Whatdistinguishesa“badneighborhood”froma“good”or“great’one?3. Whoismostresponsibleforcreatingandmaintaininga“goodneighborhood”?4. Aretherebestcasesofneighborhoodsthathavegonefrom“bad”to“good”or“great”?
Whatdoweknow(ornotknow)abouthowtheymadesuchtransitions?
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Wednesday,September14,2016(3)ThePlanningProcess&ZoningA. Rohe,WilliamM.2009.“FromLocaltoGlobal:OneHundredYearsofNeighborhoodPlanning,”
JournaloftheAmericanPlanningAssociation75(2):209–230.(Canvas&Library)
B. Steiner,FrederickandKentButler.2007.“Part1,“PlanMaking,”and“TypesofPlans,”pp.3-31.PlanningandUrbanDesignStandards(StudentEdition).Chicago:AmericanPlanningAssociation.(FullbookisavailablethroughtheMichiganLibraryCallNo.TH2031.S742012)(Canvas)
Recommended
C. Jones,Bernie.1990.“Chapter1:AnIntroductiontoNeighborhoodPlanning.”NeighborhoodPlanning:AGuideforCitizensandPlanners.Chicago:AmericanPlanningAssociation.(Canvas)
DiscussionQuestions:
1. Whatis“urbanplanning”?2. Whatisthehistoryofthefield?Andhowisneighborhoodplanningapartofit?3. Whatarethemostcurrenttrendsinplanningpractice?knowledge?theory?4. Givenwhatwenowknow,whatisneighborhoodplanning?5. Whatarethemostcurrenttrendsinneighborhoodplanning?
Monday,September19,2016(4)PhysicalDesignandNeighborhoodsA. Steiner,FrederickandKentButler.2007.“Part4,“PlacesandDistricts,”Planningand
UrbanDesignStandards(StudentEdition).Chicago:AmericanPlanningAssociation.(FullbookisavailablethroughtheMichiganLibraryCallNo.TH2031.S742012),pp.227-261.(Canvas)
B. Duany,Andres,ElizabethPlater-Zyberk,JeffSpeck.2010.“Chapter9:TheInnerCity,”and“Chapter 10:HowtoMakeaTown.”NewYork:Macmillian.(Canvas)
C. Miller,WilhelmineD.CraigR.Pollack,andDavidR.Williams.2011.“HealthyHomesandCommunities,”AmericanJournalofPreventativeMedicine,40(1),Supplement1:S48-S57.(CanvasandLibrary)
RecommendedD. Manzo,L.andD.Perkins.2006.“FindingCommonGround:theimportanceofplace
attachmenttocommunityparticipationandplanning,”JournalofPlanningLiterature,20(4):335-350.(Canvas&Library)
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DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatarethespatialcharacteristicsof“goodneighborhoods”?2. Can“goodneighborhoods”bedesignedorplanned?3. Isthereanideallayoutforagoodneighborhood?4. Arethereexamplesof“goodneighborhoods”thatwerewellplanned/designed,profitable
(occupied)overalong-periodoftime,andwereracially/economicallydiverse?Wednesday,September21,2016(5)UnderstandingNeighborhoodChangeA. Green,GaryP.andAnnaHaines.2008.“PhysicalCapital:TheRoleofHousinginCommunity
Development,”AssetBuildingandCommunityDevelopment(2ndEdition).ThousandOaks:SagePublications.(Canvas)
B. Mallach,A.2008.ManagingNeighborhoodChange:AFrameworkforSustainableandEquitable
Revitalization.Montclair,NJ:NationalHousingInstitute.(Canvas)
C. Schwirian,K.P.1983.“ModelsofNeighborhoodChange,”AnnualReviewofSociology,9,83–102.(Canvas&Library)
RecommendedD. GouldEllen,I.,&O’Regan,K.M.2011.HowLow-IncomeNeighborhoodsChange:Entry,Exitand
Enhancement.RegionalScienceandUrbanEconomics,41(2),89–97.DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatarethemodesofneighborhoodchange?2. Isneighborhoodchangeinevitable?3. Shouldplanners/policymakersacceptthatneighborhoodchangeisinevitableandleverageit
tosustainandreinvigorateplaces?4. Shouldplanners/policymakersworktostemorcurbneighborhoodchange?Ifso,under
whatconditions?Andhow?Monday,September26,2016(6)GentrificationA. Lees,Loretta,TomSlaterandElvinWyly.2008.“TheBirthofGentrification,”inGentrification.New
YorkandLondon:Routledge.(Canvas)B. Hwang,JackelynandJeffreyLin.2016.“WhatHaveWeLearnedAbouttheCausesofRecent
Gentrification”FederalReserveBankofPhiladelphia,ResearchDepartment.WorkingPaperSeries,PaperNo.16-20.(Canvas)
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RecommendedC. Freeman,Lance.2005.“DisplacementorSuccession?ResidentialMobilityinGentrifying
Neighborhoods,”UrbanAffairsReview,40(4):463-491.(Canvas&Library)DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatisgentrification?2. Whatarethemajordebatesarounddefininggentrification?3. Isgentrificationa“consumption”oran“economic”phenomenon?4. Isthereevidencethatgentrificationcanbestalledorevenreversed?5. Shouldplanners/policymakersattempttostallgentrification?6. Isitapositivephenomenon?Or,isitathreattoaffordablehousing?
Wednesday,September28,2016(7)DefiningandUnderstandingCommunityDevelopmentA. DeFillippis,JamesandSusanSaegert.2012.“CommunitiesDevelop:TheQuestionis,How?”The
CommunityDevelopmentReader.JamesDeFilippisandSusanSaegert,editors.NewYorkandLondon:Routledge.(Canvas)
B. DeFillippis,James.2012.“CommunityControlandDevelopment:TheLongView,”TheCommunity
DevelopmentReader.JamesDeFilippisandSusanSaegert,editors.NewYorkandLondon:Routledge.(Canvas)
C. Frisch,Michael,andLisaJ.Servon.2006.“CDCsandtheChangingContextforUrbanCommunity
Development:AReviewoftheFieldandtheEnvironment.”CommunityDevelopment,37(4):88-108.(Canvas&Library)
DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatiscommunitydevelopment?2. Whataretheoriginsofthefieldofcommunitydevelopment?3. Howiscommunitydevelopmentdifferentfromneighborhoodplanning?
a. Isthedividebetweenthe“fields”beneficialtoeitherorboth?4. Whatarethemostrecenttrendsincommunitydevelopment?5. Isthereatheoryofcommunitydevelopment?
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Monday,October3,2016(8)UnderstandingtheRoleofCBOs/CDCsA. Green,GaryP.andAnnaHaines.2008.“TheRoleofCommunityDevelopmentOrganizations,”
AssetBuildingandCommunityDevelopment(2ndEdition).ThousandOaks:SagePublications.(Canvas)
B. Vidal,A.C.1996.Chapter10,“CDC’sasAgentsofNeighborhoodChange:TheStateoftheArt,”in,
RevitalizingUrbanNeighborhoods,W.DennisKeating,NormanKrumholzandPhillipStar,editors.Lawrence:UniversityPressofKansas.pp.149–163.(Canvas)
C. Yin,J.1998.“TheCommunityDevelopmentIndustrySystem:ACaseStudyofPoliticsandInstitutionsinCleveland,1967–1997,”JournalofUrbanAffairs,20(2):137-157.(Canvas&Library)
DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatarecommunity-basedorganizations?Communitydevelopmentcorporations?2. WhatisthehistoricaltrajectoryofCBOsandCDCs?3. WhatarethechallengesmostCBOs/CDCsconfront?Whatisthelargestthreattotheirsurvival?4. WhatisthecurrentstateofCBOs/CDCs?5. Howareconceptssuchas“agency”and“capacity”definedintermsofCBOsandCDCs?
Wednesday,October5,2016(9)TheChallengesofCDCs:Management,ChoiceandAgencyA. Stoecker,R.1997."TheCDCModelofUrbanRedevelopment:ACritiqueandAlternative,"Journalof
UrbanAffairs,19(1):1-22.(Canvas&Library)
B. Rohe,W.andR.Bratt.2003.“Failures,Downsizings,andMergersamongCommunityDevelopmentCorporations,”HousingPolicyDebate,14(1):1-46.(Canvas&Library)
C. Bratt,R.1997.“CDCs:ContributionsOutweighContradictions,aReplytoRandyStoecker,”JournalofUrbanAffairs,19(1):23-28.(Canvas&Library)
D. Keating,W.D.(1997).“TheCDCModelofUrbanDevelopment,aReplytoRandyStoecker,”JournalofUrbanAffairs,19(1):29-33.(Canvas&Library)
RecommendedE. Thomson,DaleandHarleyF.Etienne(forthcoming)."FiscalCrisisandCommunityDevelopment:
TheGreatRecession,SupportNetworks,andCDCCapacity,"HousingPolicyDebate.(Canvas)
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F. Liuo,Y.T.andR.C.Stroh.1998.“CommunityDevelopmentIntermediarySystemsintheUnitedStates:Origins,EvolutionandFunctions”HousingPolicyDebate,9(3):575-594.(Canvas
&Library)DiscussionQuestions
1. WhatarethemajordebatesaboutCDC/CBOscaleandscope?2. Whichisthestrongerargument?TheStockermodel?Bratt/Keating?3. WhatrolehaveintermediariesandsupportsystemsforCDCs/CBOsplayedintheirsuccess
and/orfailure?4. Towhatextentdoyoubelievethatnewmodelsofcommunitydevelopmentareneededin
thepost-recessionurbancontext?Monday,October10,2016(10)CommunityOrganizing,TheAmericanCity,andNeighborhoodPlanningA. DeRienzo,Harold.2008.“CommunityOrganizingforPowerandDemocracy:LessonsLearned
fromaLifeintheTrenches,”TheCommunityDevelopmentReader.JamesDeFilippisandSusanSaegert,editors.London:Routledge.(Canvas)
B. Fisher,Robert.2008.“NeighborhoodOrganizing:TheImportanceofHistoricalContext,”The
CommunityDevelopmentReader.JamesDeFilippisandSusanSaegert,editors.London:Routledge.(Canvas)
C. Warren,Mark.2008.“ATheologyofOrganizing:FromAlinskytotheModernIAF,”
TheCommunityDevelopmentReader.JamesDeFilippisandSusanSaegert,editors.London:Routledge.(Canvas)
DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatistheconnectionbetweencommunityorganizingandneighborhoodstabilization?2. Howiscommunityorganizingconnectedtocommunityagencyandcontrol?3. Iscommunityorganizingadatedconcept?Doesitneedtobereinvigoratedtomake
communitydevelopmentandneighborhood-levelplanningmoreeffectiveinanadvancedcapitalisteconomy?
4. Aretherecontemporarycasesofeffectiveorganizingthathasledtobetterneighborhoodplanning/communitydevelopmentoutcomes?
Wednesday,October12,2016(11)CommunityDevelopmentBlockGrantsA. Rohe,WilliamM.,andGeorgeC.Galster.2014.“TheCommunityDevelopmentBlockGrantProgram
Turns40:ProposalsforProgramExpansionandReform.”HousingPolicyDebate24(1):3–13.doi:10.1080/10511482.2013.865973.(Canvas&Library)
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B. Holywell,Ryan.2012.“CDBGCutsEvenGreaterThanExpectedinSomePlaces,”Governing,January18,2012,http://www.governing.com/blogs/fedwatch/cdbg-cuts-even-greater-than-expected-in-some-communities.html
1. WhatisthehistoryoftheCommunityDevelopmentBlockGrantsProgram?2. Whatistheintentoftheprogram?Currentfundinglevels?3. Howdodifferentcitiesadministertheprogram?WhataretheimplicationsforCBOs/CDCs
andotherneighborhood-baseddevelopers?4. WhatarethemostconcerningaspectsoftheCDBGprogrammovingforward?
Monday,October19,2016
**NoClass–FallBreak**Wednesday,October20,2016(12)A. Sugrue,T.J.2005.“Prefacetothe2ndEdition”and“Introduction”TheOriginsoftheUrban
Crisis:RaceandInequalityinPostwarDetroit.Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress.(Canvas)B. Teitz,M.andK.Chapple.1998.“TheCausesofInner-CityPoverty:EightHypothesesinSearch
ofReality,”Cityscape:AJournalofPolicyDevelopmentandResearch,3(3):33-70.(Canvas)C. Conn,Steven.2014.“Ferguson,Philadelphia,andtheChangingGeographyofRace,”
HuffPostPolitics,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-conn/ferguson-philadelphia-and_b_5712801.html
RecommendedD. Newman,KatheandPhilipAshton.2004.“NeoliberalUrbanPolicyandNewPathsofNeighborhood
ChangeintheAmericanInnerCity,”EnvironmentandPlanningA,36(7):1151-1172.(Canvas)DiscussionQuestions
1. WhataresomeoftheleadingargumentsthathelpexplainthedisinvestmentanddeclineorcentralcityneighborhoodsintheUnitedStatesbetweentheendofWorldWarIIandthe1990s?
2. Definerace/racism/structuralracism/institutionalracismandrelatethosedefinitionstourbanneighborhoods.
3. TowhatextentcantheWaronDrugsandmassincarcerationbeunderstoodtohaveexacerbatedconditionsincentralcityneighborhoodsafter1990?
4. DefineneoliberalismandrelatethatdefinitiontoconditionsinU.S.citiesandurbanneighborhoodsfromthe1990stothepresent.
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Monday,October24,2016(13)CurrentStateofUrbanNeighborhoodsA. Sharkey,Patrick.2013.Chapters1,2&3.StuckinPlace:UrbanNeighborhoodsandtheEndof
ProgressTowardRacialEquality.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress.DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatistheevidenceofresidentialandeconomicmobilityoverthepastfewdecades?2. WhydoesSharkeysuggestthatthereshouldhavebeenmoremobilitythantherehasbeen?3. HowisSharkeydefining“ghetto”?Isthisaneffectivewayofdefininghigh-poverty
neighborhoods?4. Whyhasinequalitybeensopersistentoverthepast40years?
Wednesday,October26,2016(14)A. Sharkey,Patrick.2013.Chapters4and5.StuckinPlace:UrbanNeighborhoodsandtheEndof
ProgressTowardRacialEquality.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress.DiscussionQuestions
1. WhathavetheconsequencesbeenforAfricanAmericanhouseholds?2. Howhaspovertyandtheimpactsofitbeenpassedfromonegenerationtoanother?
Monday,October31,2016(15)A. Sharkey,Patrick.2013.Chapters6&7.StuckinPlace:UrbanNeighborhoodsandtheEndof
ProgressTowardRacialEquality.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress.DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatdirection(s)doesSharkeysuggesturbanpolicymustnotturn?2. Whatroleisthereforplanners,socialworkers,anddesignersinhischargefora
reinvigoratedurbanpolicy?3. Howimportantareneighborhoodsinhisurbanpolicyscheme?
Wednesday,November2,2016HousingAffordabilityAftertheHousingCrisisA. Immergluck,Dan.2009.Chapter5Foreclosed:High-RiskLending,Deregulation,andthe
UnderminingofAmerica’sMortgageMarket.Ithaca:CornellUniversityPress.(Canvas)
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B. Immergluck,Dan.2016.“AffordabilityFirst:ConcernsaboutPreservingHousingOptionsforExistingandNewResidentsonAtlanta’sWestside.WorkingPaper.GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,SchoolofCityandRegionalPlanning.(Canvas)
C. Mara,Kevin,andDanImmergluck.2016.“PreservingAffordabilityandPreventingDisplacementinVineCityandEnglishAvenueintheFaceofMajorNeighborhoodInvestmentInitiatives:AReporttotheWestsideCommunitiesAlliance.(Canvas)
D. Hertz,Daniel.2015.“TheWayWeMeasureHousingAffordabilityisBroken,”CityCommentary.
Availableat:http://cityobservatory.org/the-way-we-measure-housing-affordability-is-broken/RecommendedE. Florida,RichardandAriaBendix.2015.“HowtoFixSanFrancisco”Availableat:
http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/12/how-to-fix-san-francisco/418329/F. Florida,Richard.2016.“HowExpensiveCitiesHurtWorkers”Availableat:
http://linkis.com/www.citylab.com/work/vZ7oD
G. Hertz,Daniel.2015.“ResidualIncome:ABetterWayofMeasuringAffordability,”CityCommentary.Availableat:http://cityobservatory.org/residual-income-a-better-way-of-measuring-affordability/
H. Hertz,Daniel.2015.“MeasuringHousingAffordability:WhatAboutHomeowners?”
CityCommentary.Availableat:http://cityobservatory.org/measuring-housing-affordability-what-about-homeowners/
DiscussionQuestions
1. Ishousingaffordabilityamyth?2. Whatistheevidenceofthelinkbetweenlanduseregulationsand/ordensityregulationsand
increasinghomevalues?3. Whatisthelinkbetweenincreasinghousingprices,theavailabilityofrentalunitsand
displacement?4. Whatarethelargerimplicationsofincreasinghousingunaffordability?5. Whataresomeofthemosteffectivetoolsplannershavetolimitincreasingunaffordability?
Monday,November7,2016(16)SupplySideRevitalizationEffortsA. Riposa,Gerry.1996.“FromEnterpriseZonestoEmpowermentZones:TheCommunityContextof
UrbanEconomicDevelopment.”AmericanBehavioralScientist39(5):536–551.(Canvas&Library)
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B. Forbes,Jennifer.2006.“UsingEconomicDevelopmentProgramsasToolsforUrbanRevitalization:AComparisonofEmpowermentZonesandNewMarketsTaxCredits.”UniversityofIllinoisLawReview2006:177.(Canvas&Library)
C. Pendall,RolfandLeahHendley.2013.“ABriefLookattheEarlyImplementationofChoiceNeighborhoods.”Washington,D.C.:TheUrbanInstitute.http://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/alfresco/publication-pdfs/412940-A-Brief-Look-at-the-Early-Implementation-of-Choice-Neighborhoods.PDF
DiscussionQuestions
1. WhatistheoriginandtrajectoryoftheReagan-eraEnterpriseZoneprogram?2. HowdidtheClinton-eraEmpowermentZoneprogramimproveupontheEnterpriseZone
program?Whatwerethemeasureableimpacts?Problems?3. HowdidtheObama-eraPromiseZonesfurthertheaimsoftheEnterpriseand
EmpowermentZoneprograms?Isthereevidenceoftheirimpact?4. HowhastheNewMarketTaxCredit(NMTC)programcontributedtotheoverallsuccessof
supply-sideprograms?5. Otherprogramshavemimickedtheenterprisezonemodelbutwithafocuson“innovation,”
“opportunity”andotherbuzzwords.Isthereevidenceoftheirimpact?Howhavetheycontributedtocentralcityrevitalization?Havetheycontributedtoneighborhood-levelrevitalization?
6. Isneighborhooddistress,simplyamatteroflowsupply?Wednesday,November9,2016(17)AnchorInstitutionsA. Birch,Eugenie,DavidC.Perry,andHenryL.Taylor.2013.“UniversitiesasAnchorInstitutions.”
JournalofHigherEducationOutreachandEngagement17(3):7–15.(Canvas&Library)
B. Rodin,Judith.2005.“The21stCenturyUniversity.”JournaloftheAmericanPlanningAssociation,71(3):237–249.(Canvas&Library)
C. Etienne,HarleyF.2012.Chapters1and2.PushingBacktheGates:NeighborhoodPerspectiveson
University-DrivenRevitalization.Philadelphia:TempleUniversityPress.(Canvas)
DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatisthecentralargumentofanchorinstitutionledrevitalization?2. Isthereevidencethatanchorinstitutionsarebetterpositionedtoleadneighborhood-level
revitalizationefforts?3. Isitusefultoconsidertheimplicationsofclient/visitorfocusedneighborhood-level
revitalizationefforts?4. Isthereevidenceofanchorinstitutionled,equitabledevelopment?Aretherebestcases?
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Monday,November14,2016(19)WorkforceandEconomicDevelopmentPlanningforStrongNeighborhoodsA. Schrock,Greg.2014.“ConnectingPeopleandPlaceProsperityWorkforceDevelopmentandUrban
PlanninginScholarshipandPractice.”JournalofPlanningLiterature29(3):257–271.(Canvas&Library)
B. GreenLeigh,NanceyandEdwardBlakely.2013.“Chapter6:LocalEconomicDevelopmentStrategy,”
and“Chapter10:HumanResourceDevelopment.”InPlanningLocalEconomicDevelopment.FifthEdition.ThousandOaks:SagePublications.(Canvas)
RecommendedC. GreenLeigh,NanceyandEdwardBlakely.2013.“Chapter8:LocalityDevelopment,”and“Chapter9:
BusinessDevelopment.”InPlanningLocalEconomicDevelopment.FifthEdition.ThousandOaks:SagePublications.(Canvas)
DiscussionQuestions
1. Whatarethemajorfederalworkforcedevelopmentprograms?2. WhatisthecurrentstatusofU.S.workforcedevelopmentprograms?3. Canentrepreneurialismandsmallbusinessdevelopmentsaveurbanneighborhoodsand
creategreaterprosperityacrossmetropolitanregions?Wednesday,November16,2016(20)SchoolsasEssentialComponentsofGoodNeighborhoodsA. Warren,Mark.R.2014.“PublicSchoolsasCentersforBuildingSocialCapitalinUrbanCommunities,”
SchoolsandUrbanRevitalization:RethinkingInstitutionsandCommunityDevelopment.KellyL.PattersonandRobertM.Silverman,editors.NewYork:Routledge.(Canvas)
B. McKoy,D.andJ.Vincent.2008.“Chapter4HousingandEducation:TheInextricableLink,”
Segregation:TheRisingCostsforAmerica.JamesH.CarrandNandineeK.Kutty,editors.NewYork:Routledge.(Canvas)
C. Horsford,SonyaDouglass,andCarrieSampson.2014.“PromiseNeighborhoodsThePromiseand
PoliticsofCommunityCapacityBuildingasUrbanSchoolReform.”UrbanEducation49(8):955–991.(Canvas&Library)
RecommendedD. Hopson,Rodney.2014.“WhyAreStudiesofNeighborhoodsandCommunitiesCentraltoEducation
PolicyandReform?”UrbanEducation,49(8):
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DiscussionQuestions
1. Areschoolstrulyessentialto“goodneighborhoods”?Isthelinktruly“inextricable”?2. Wouldschoolsbelessimportanttoneighborhoodplacemakingandperceivedneighborhood
qualityifthedominantschoolfundingandgovernanceparadigmweredifferent?3. Shouldplannersbemoreconcernedwiththecurrentstateofpubliceducation?Particularly
inlegacycitiessuchasDetroit,Philadelphia,Chicagoandothers?Monday,November21,2016(21)CreatingHousingAffordabilitythroughBenefitsAgreements,LandTrusts,REITs,andLandBanksA. Baxamusa,M.2008.“EmpoweringCommunitiesthroughDeliberation:TheModelof
CommunityBenefitsAgreements,”JournalofPlanningEducationandResearch,27(3):261-276.(Canvas&Library)
B. Salkin,P.andA.Lavine.2008.“NegotiatingforSocialJusticeandthePromiseofCommunity
BenefitsAgreements:CaseStudiesofCurrentandDevelopingAgreements,”JournalofAffordableHousingandCommunityDevelopmentLaw,17:113-129.(Canvas&Library)
C. Alexander,FrankS.2008.LandBankingasMetropolitanPolicy.Washington,DC:TheBrookings
Institution,MetropolitanPolicyProgram.(Canvas)D. Abello,OscarPerry.2016.“TheseNeighborsGotTiredofWaitingforTraditionalDevelopers”
NextCity,https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/cooperative-commercial-real-estate-development-minneapolis
RecommendedE. Greenstein,R.,andY.Sungu-Eryilmaz.2007.“CommunityLandTrusts:ASolutionforPermanently
AffordableHousing,”in,LandLines(January).Cambridge,Mass.:LincolnInstituteofLandPolicy.(Canvas&Library)
Wednesday,November23,2016 **NoClass–ThanksgivingRecess**
Monday,November28,2016(22)EvaluatingCommunityDevelopmentA. Baum,Howell.2001.“HowShouldWeEvaluateCommunityInitiatives?”Journalofthe
AmericanPlanningAssociation,67(2):147-158.(Canvas&Library)
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B. Green,JohnJ.andAnnaM.Kleiner.2011.“ActionResearchandEvaluationinCommunityDevelopment,”IntroductiontoCommunityDevelopment:Theory,Practice,andService-Learning.ThousandOaks:SagePublications.(Canvas)
DiscussionQuestions
1. Canandshouldcommunitydevelopmentinitiativesbeevaluatedthewaypolicyanalystswouldevaluateotherprograms(e.g.cost-benefit,administrativeoperabilityand/orcapacity,economicimpacts?)
2. Arethereeffectiveexamplesofcommunitydevelopmentevaluationsthatlookbeyondcost-benefitanalyses?
3. Areaction-researchbasedapproachesanappropriatesolution?Whatarethedrawbacks?
Wednesday,November30,2016(23)UsingCensusData/MapstoEvaluateNeighborhoodDynamicsA. DataDrivenDetroit.(n.d.)CommunityProfiles:MasterPlanningNeighborhoodsofDetroit.
Availableat:http://www.cridata.org/Neighborhoods_Detroit.aspx?tmplt=D3(Lookatfive(5)neighborhoodprofilesandmakenoteofwhatcategoriesofdataarepresent.)
B. FurmanCenterforRealEstateandUrbanPolicy.2010.StateoftheCity’sHousingand
Neighborhoods.Availableat:http://furmancenter.org/research/sonychan/2010-report/(Pleaseseetheone-pageneighborhoodprofilesatthebottomofthepage.)
C. Few,S.2009.StatisticalNarrative:TellingCompellingStorieswithNumbers.VisualBusiness
IntelligenceNewsletter.http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/statistical_narrative.pdf
D. ZipCodeandCountyBusinessPatterns
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/E. LongitudinalHousingandEmploymentHousingDynamics
http://lehd.ces.census.gov/applications/help/onthemap.html#!getting_startedMonday,December5,2016(24)StrategiesforEngagementandOutreachforNeighborhoodPlanningA. Arnstein,Sherry.1969.“ALadderofCitizenParticipation.”JournaloftheAmericanInstituteof
Planners(JAPA),35(4):216-224.(Canvas&Library)
B. CanadianWindEnergyAssociation.(n.d.).BestPracticesforCommunityEngagementandPublicConsultation.(Canvas)
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C. Cogan,E.2000.Chapter2,“DifferentTypesofPublicMeetings,pp.11-34.SuccessfulPublicMeetings:APracticalGuideforManagersinGovernment.SanFrancisco:Jossey-BassPublishers.(Canvas)
Wednesday,December7,2016(25)**LastClassSession**Monday,December12,2016(26)NoClass–ClassCancelled
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WritingTips1. Avoidpedanticjargon:"timeframe"or"timeperiod"for"time","methodology"for
"method","explicate"for"explain","secondly"for"second","importantly"for"important",or"parameter","matrix",etc.,unlessyouusethemtechnically.
2.Avoidcolloquialismssuchas"needtobe"(for"mustbe"),"intermsof,""indepth."3.Avoidusing"dueto"asaprepositionalphrase.e.g.:Duetothecoldweather,Idecidedto
stayhome.4.Donotuse"isn't","can't",andothercontractionsinwritingsasformalastermpapers.5.Donotsplitinfinitivesunlessnotsplittingthemresultsinveryawkwardphrasing:write"to
understandthepointbetter,"not"tobetterunderstandthepoint."Anexampleshowingwhereitisacceptable:"Icannotbringmyselftoreallylikethefellow."
6.Don'tusedanglingparticiples:i.e.,"Whilevisiting(theauthor)withMrs.Jonesatherhome,
she(Mrs.Jones)reiteratedthat..."or"Inassumingthatintegrationisdesirable,itisnecessarytoconsider..."Thepersonwhoistheimpliedsubjectoftheparticipialphrasemustalsobethesubjectoftheverbthatfollows.
7.Avoidusingthepassive.Itmakesforclumsinessand,mostimportant,introducesambiguity
bynotstatingwhodidtheact.It'slikesaying,"Itwasdropped,"insteadof:"Idroppedit,"or"Itwaslost,"for"Ilostit."
8."'s"usuallyindicatesthepossessive.Therefore,donotwrite"TDR's"or"the1960's"unless
youmeanbelongingtotheTDRorbelongingto1960.Theexceptionis"it's"whichisnotapossessive,butisacontractionof"itis."("It'stoolate.")Thepossessiveofitis"its."("Thecatlickeditspaw.")
9.Avoidusingstringsofnounsasadjectives.Write"thefeasibilityofdowntownrenewal"
insteadof"downtownrenewalfeasibility."10.Makesurethesubjectandtheverbarebothsingularorbothplural:"Theresultofthe
electionsis(notare)important..."Also,"criterion"issingular;"criteria,"plural;"data"isplural;"none"issingular:("Noneofthefederallawshasbeeneffective...")Makesurepronounsaretherightnumber:"Allcitizensmustguardtheir(nothis)rights."Alsonote:"Eachofthecitizensmustguardhis(her)(not"their")Rights."
11.Useabbreviationscorrectly,especiallyofLatinphrases.Notethat"i.e."standsforidest
andmeans"thatis";"e.g."standsforexempligratiaandmeans"forexample".And"etal.”(standsforetaliiandmeaning"andothers")requiresaperiod.Ingeneral,considerusingtheEnglishphrasesinsteadofthepedanticLatinabbreviations.
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12.DonotuseZIPCODEabbreviationsinformalwriting.e.g.:writeMass.,notMA,andN.J.,not
NJ.13.Putcommasbetweenallitemsinaseries.i.e.:A,B,C,D,andE.ThislookslikeA+B+C+D+E,
orfiveseparateitems,asintended.If,however,youwriteA,B,C,DandE,itlookslikeA+B+C+(DandE),orfourseparateitems.Considerthefollowingseriesoffiveitems:offices,factories,schools,hotels,andmotels.Thecommabeforethe"and"makesitclearthathotelsandmotelsareseparateitems.Ifyouomitthefinalcomma,asmanywritersdo,thenthereisconfusionaboutwhethertherearefourorfiveitems.
14.If,infact,youconsiderhotelsandmotelstomakeuponecategory,thenwrite:offices,
factories,schools,andhotelsandmotels.15.Makesureyouuse"effect"and"affect,”and"principle"and"principal,"correctly.16.Checkouttheproperuseof"that"and"which.”Whenaclausedefinesorlimitsanoun,
use"that:""Iheardthedogthatwasbarking."(i.e.,thatdog,notanyotherdog).Whenaclauseonlyaddsinformationorisalmostanasideoranafterthought,andisnotnecessarytostatethecentralpointofthesentence,use"which:""Isleptlate,whichturnedouttohavebeenafortunatething."Otherexamples:
"Eachonemadealistofbooksthathadinfluencedher.”(i.e.,thatparticularclassofbooks)"Ialwaysbuyherbooks,whichiswhyI'mawareoftheirincreasedcost.”(i.e.,not
distinguishingherbooksfromallothers,butsimplyaddingamerefactaboutthem).
17.Whenindoubtaboutproperusage,consultsomewell-recognizedsource,suchas:
StrunkandWhite,TheElementsofStyle,NewYork:Macmillan,or
TheUniversityofChicagoPress,AManualofStyle,Chicago:TheUniversityofChicagoPress.18.Becarefulnottoruntwosentencestogether,connectedby“however.”Inmostcases,
“However”shouldstartanewsentence.19.Putpunctuationinsidequotationmarks.i.e.:JusticeBrownconcluded,“Thisdecision
furtherreaffirmsthecourt’scommitmenttotheprotectionofprivateproperty.”
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20.Don’tuse“intermsof.”Rephrasethesentencetoincorporatewhatwouldotherwisefollow“intermsof”asanintegralpartofthesentence.Usually,useofthephrasemeansthatthewriterhasnotthoughtthroughwhatheorshewantstosay,buthassimplytackedonthequalifierattheend.
21.Lastlyandmostimportantly--Alwaysproofreadyourpaperbeforehandingitin.
Typographicalerrorscanconfuseyourreadersandwilladverselyaffectyourgrade.
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