An Ordinary City: Planning For Growth And Decline In New Bedford, Massachusetts
by Justin B. Hollander /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book paints an intimate portrait of an overlooked kind of
city that neither grows nor declines drastically. In fact, New
Bedford, Massachusetts represents an entire category of cities
that escape mainstream urban studies’ more customary attention to
global cities (New York), booming cities (Atlanta), and shrinking
cities (Flint). New Bedford-style ordinary cities are none
of these, they neither grow nor decline drastically, but in their
inconspicuousness, they account for a vast majority of all
cities. Given the complexities of growth and decline, both
temporarily and spatially, how does a city manage change and
physically adapt to growth and decline? This book offers an
answer through a detailed analysis of the politics, environment,
planning strategies, and history of New Bedford.
This book paints an intimate portrait of an overlooked kind of
city that neither grows nor declines drastically. In fact, New
Bedford, Massachusetts represents an entire category of cities
that escape mainstream urban studies’ more customary attention to
global cities (New York), booming cities (Atlanta), and shrinking
cities (Flint). New Bedford-style ordinary cities are none
of these, they neither grow nor decline drastically, but in their
inconspicuousness, they account for a vast majority of all
cities. Given the complexities of growth and decline, both
temporarily and spatially, how does a city manage change and
physically adapt to growth and decline? This book offers an
answer through a detailed analysis of the politics, environment,
planning strategies, and history of New Bedford.