Zielenbach, Sean
Garland Publishing, Inc., 2000

This is a study of economic revitalization in 36 low- to moderate-income neighborhoods in Chicago. Zielenbach approaches both traditional physical redevelopment and private investment activities with an anti-poverty component. He also considers the economic, political, and social changes that have affected Chicago over the past several decades. Zielenbach notes the interplay of numerous local individual, institutional, and organizational decisions that interact with geographic economic, and social forces to explain economic revitalization. He concludes with a discussion concerning the role of government in neighborhood redevelopment.