Ten. Contemporary Efforts to Finance Urban Parks

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures, Tables, and Boxes ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. The Condition of the City
7. One. The Evolution of American Cities 41
8. Two. Epidemics, Cities, and Environmental Reform 69
9. Part II. Reforming the City
10. Three. Wealthy Urbanites: Fleeing Downtown and Privatizing Green Space 113
11. Four. Social Inequality and the Quest for Order in the City 131
12. Five. Data Gathering as a Mechanism for Understanding the City and Imposing Order 181
13. Six. Sanitation and Housing Reform 199
14. Part III. Urban Parks, Order, and Social Reform
15. Seven. Conceptualizing and Framing Urban Parks 221
16. Eight. Elite Ideology, Activism, and Park Development 251
17. Nine. Social Class, Activism, and Park Use 296
18. Ten. Contemporary Efforts to Finance Urban Parks 338
19. Part IV. The Rise of Comprehensive Zoning
20. Eleven. Class, Race, Space, and Zoning in America 365
21. Twelve. Land Use and Zoning in American Cities 380
22. Part V. Reforming the Workplace and Reducing Community Hazards
23. Thirteen. Workplace and Community Hazards 405
24. Fourteen. The Industrial Workplace 446
25. Conclusion 501
26. Notes 507
27. Index 603