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- Presents a valuable case study to examine the timely topic of urban population decline
- Contributes to the burgeoning literature on declining cities and depopulation
- Has global and interdisciplinary appeal, especially in the areas of urban studies, urban planning, public affairs, political science and environmental studies
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“This is an insightful tale of the urban slide from ‘whaling capital of the world’ to an ordinary New England legacy city... Praise for Justin Hollander's take on New Bedford, MA—an extraordinary story of an ordinary city common throughout the American post-industrial North Atlantic and Great Lakes regions.”(Ivonne Audirac, Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, University of Texas-Arlington, USA, and Co-Chair, Shrinking Cities International Research Network)
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Justin B. Hollander is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, USA. He has written five books and over 50 articles, book chapters, and reports on legacy cities, Big Data, brownfields, and urban design.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: An Ordinary City
Book Subtitle: Planning for Growth and Decline in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Authors: Justin B. Hollander
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60705-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60704-7Published: 28 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86916-2Published: 22 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60705-4Published: 08 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 234
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban Economics