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Sprawl Is The Enemy; Victory Might Need A March In Reverse, Chester Smolski
Sprawl Is The Enemy; Victory Might Need A March In Reverse, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"SPRAWL--the word even sounds ugly Webster's definition is "to spread out carelessly or awkwardly," and it might have added inefficiently and expensively. And that is exactly what is happening as development takes place in the suburbs of Rhode Island and throughout the country."
Democratic Economic Participation And Humane Urban Development, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard
Democratic Economic Participation And Humane Urban Development, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard
Trotter Review
Humane economics, democratic economic participation, and democratic economic control are words not often combined and terms rarely used by traditional economic developers and urban planners, especially when addressing inner-city redevelopment. Most often, discussions about economic development and the elimination of poverty focus on job creation, workforce development, and access to job opportunities - promoting the corporate model of growth and fortifying big business's penetration into and control of community economics. Income receives a bit of attention, in the peripheral discussions about "living wages' or family-supporting wages and "good" jobs. However, concepts such as a guaranteed income or payment for the …