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OverviewHow could Northern California, the wealthiest and most politically progressive region in the United States, become one of the earliest epicenters of the foreclosure crisis? How could this region continuously reproduce racial poverty and reinvent segregation in old farm towns one hundred miles from the urban core? This is the story of the suburbanization of poverty, the failures of regional planning, urban sprawl, NIMBYism, and political fragmentation between middle class white environmentalists and communities of color. As Alex Schafran shows, the responsibility for this newly segregated geography lies in institutions from across the region, state, and political spectrum, even as the Bay Area has never managed to build common purpose around the making and remaking of its communities, cities, and towns. Schafran closes the book by presenting paths toward a new politics of planning and development that weave scattered fragments into a more equitable and functional whole. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alex SchafranPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780520286450ISBN 10: 0520286456 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 09 October 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface: The Personal and the Political Introduction: Ghosts in the Machine 1 • The Suburbanization of Segregation 2 • The Postindustrial Garden 3 • The Dougherty Valley Dilemma 4 • The Reproduction of Babylon and the Gentrification Dilemma 5 • Silicon San Francisco and the West Bay Wall 6 • The Altamont Line and the Planning Dilemma 7 • The Regionalist Dream 8 • The Unrealized Coalition Conclusion: Resegregation and the Pursuit of Common Purpose Notes References IndexReviews"""[A] deep and complex analysis of why the Bay Area of Northern California . . . remains deeply racially and class segregated and facing an affordable housing crisis."" * Journal of Urban Affairs *" [A] deep and complex analysis of why the Bay Area of Northern California . . . remains deeply racially and class segregated and facing an affordable housing crisis. * Journal of Urban Affairs * Author InformationAlex Schafran writes about urban and regional change. Born and raised in the Bay Area, he is currently Lecturer in Urban Geography at the University of Leeds. Visit alexschafran.com for tour dates and speaking engagements. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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