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Sustainable Development: A Tool for Urban Revitalization

Phillips, Sara Michelle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242854916

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2009, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Community Planning.
As urban residents throughout the United States moved to the suburbs in the mid twentieth century, many urban cities and their neighborhoods lost population, jobs and a sense of community as public services were reduced and the physical conditions of buildings deteriorated. Many scholars and practitioners claim that sustainable development can aid in revitalizing declining urban neighborhoods (Devuyst et al. 2001; Chiras and Wann 2003; Crowe 2003; Been and Voicu 2006; Erickson 2006; Kemp 2006; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 2006; Wiland and Bell 2006). Sustainable development represents the coexistence between economic development and the environment as it promotes economic growth at minimal expense to the environment or to future generations. Sustainable communities are therefore introduced when deciding how a city or neighborhood should be planned to meet economic needs of the present without compromising future generations to meet their own needs (World Commission on Environment and Development 1987). These communities recognize that they must offer an ecologically sound, economically viable and socially responsible environment for its residents. This thesis focuses on determining how sustainable development can serve as a tool for urban revitalization by exploring the projects that cities are currently implementing throughout the United States. It consists of a data set designed to analyze cases throughout the United States that have used different sustainable development techniques to revitalize their urban neighborhoods.
Carla Chifos, PhD (Committee Chair)
Michael Romanos, PhD (Committee Member)
Verle Hansen, PhD (Committee Member)
327 p.
Area Planning and Development; Ecology; Environmental Science; Urban Planning
sustainable development; revitalization; eco-development; urban development

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  • Phillips, S. M. (2009). Sustainable Development: A Tool for Urban Revitalization [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242854916

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Phillips, Sara. Sustainable Development: A Tool for Urban Revitalization. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242854916.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Phillips, Sara. "Sustainable Development: A Tool for Urban Revitalization." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242854916

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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