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May 20th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Everyone knows that deindustrialization in American cities started with the end of WWII and the decentralization of American manufacturing that followed it, right? A recent article in the Journal of Urban History by University of Pennsylvania professor Domenic Vitiello takes this chronology to task. (
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Apr 24th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have bolted Pennsylvania for now, but one of them will be back in the fall. When they do return, they will be pressed to address urban issues that Philadelphians face, in detail. A first attempt to get the candidates’ views on urban policy took place on April 17 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The event, “Urban Policy and the Presidency,” was co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and
Next American City Magazine. (
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Nov 22nd, 2007 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Nov 8th, 2007 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston, San Diego |
A firefighter in San Diego pulls out his blackberry and sees that the wind direction has changed and the ridgeline above him as about to burst into flames. A police helicopter crew in Houston observes flash flooding at an intersection and all traffic lights leading to the area change to red. The Mayor of Philadelphia clicks his way down a street from his computer screen in City Hall, counting abandoned houses. Hardly the stuff of science fiction, hazards mapping is rapidly moving the knowledge frontier for first responders, hazards researchers, and urban officials.
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Everyone knows that deindustrialization in American cities started with the end of WWII and the decentralization of American manufacturing that followed it, right? A recent article in the Journal of Urban History by University of Pennsylvania professor Domenic Vitiello takes this chronology to task. (keep reading…)
Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have bolted Pennsylvania for now, but one of them will be back in the fall. When they do return, they will be pressed to address urban issues that Philadelphians face, in detail. A first attempt to get the candidates’ views on urban policy took place on April 17 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The event, “Urban Policy and the Presidency,” was co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and Next American City Magazine. (keep reading…)
