Introduction: Why Detroit Matters ~ Brian Doucet;
Section I: Lessons from Detroit;
Detroit’s Bankruptcy: Treating the symptom, not the cause ~ George
Galster;
Detroit in Bankruptcy: What are the Lessons to be Learned? ~
Reynolds Farley ;
Between economic revival and social disruption: The redevelopment
of Greater Downtown and the emergence of new socio-spatial
Inequalities ~ René Kreichauf;
A new urban medicine show: On the limits of blight remediation ~
Joshua Akers;
Reshaping the gray spaces: Resident self-provisioning and urban
form in Detroit ~ Kimberley Kinder;
Preserving Detroit by preserving Its baseball history ~ Jason
Roche;
This is (not) Detroit: Projecting the future of Germany’s Ruhr
region ~ Julia Sattler;
Intermezzo I: ‘You may not know my Detroit’ ~ jessica Care
moore;
Section II: Practices from Detroit;
Evolution of municipal government in Detroit ~ John Gallagher;
Detroit’s emerging innovation in urban infrastructure: how
liabilities become assets for energy, water, industry and
informatics ~ Dan Kinkead;
Visions In conflict: A city of possibilities ~ Sharon Howell and
Richard Feldman;
Reconstructing Detroit: the resilient city ~ Khalil Ligon;
Reawakening culture among Detroit’s resident majority ~ Jessica
Brooke Williams;
Make sure you’re helping: Experts, solidarity and effective
partnering with locals ~ Drew Philp;
New Strategies DMC, takin’ it all back home: Lessons from Detroit
for arts practices in the Netherlands ~ Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte
and Niko Doulos;
Intermezzo II: My Detroit ~ Tyree Guyton;
Section III: Conversations from Detroit;
Lowell Boileau, artist and founder of DetroitYES;
Sandra Hines, Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality;
Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network;
Dan Carmody, Eastern Market Corporation;
Jackie Victor, Avalon International Breads;
Phil Cooley, Entrepreneur, owner of Slows Bar-B-Q and Ponyride;
Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis, Feedom Freedom
Farmers;
Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman and Marisol Teachworth, The James and
Grace Lee Boggs School;
Yusef Shakur, author and neighbourhood organizer;
Grace Lee Boggs, activist;
Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city ~ Brian Doucet.
Brian Doucet is an Associate Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Originally from Toronto, he lived in the
Netherlands between 2004 and 2017 where he taught Geography at Utrecht University and subsequently Urban Studies at Erasmus University College in Rotterdam. www.briandoucet.com
"This is an important and unique book in the context of the future of cities globally. In considering Detroit as a symbol of aspects of post-industrial decline and regeneration, it gives voice to a range of normally excluded voices and narratives. It therefore provides a valuably rounded set of perspectives and visions which, together, help the reader to understand the forces that have shaped the city, and wider lessons for creating more inclusive cities." John McCarthy, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, Heriot Watt University, UK
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