This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Varady, D. P. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Neighborhood Upgrading

School of Planning, University of Cincinnati

Housing experts generally have been optimistic about the ability of local governments to promote neighborhood upgrading, that is, physical and social improvement with the existing working-class or lower-class population remaining in place. This review of the theoretical and empirical literature questions such a rosy picture. The fundamental causes of neighborhood decline are changes in their social class and racial composition. Up to now upgrading programs have been too narrowly focused on physical housing conditions to affect these population shifts. Consequently, the prospects for success of upgrading efforts are poor in racially changing communities. Only when the underlying causes of social class change-poverty and discrimination -are addressed will the prospects for neighborhood upgrading in these areas be improved.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				W. C. Baer and C. B. Williamson The Filtering of Households and Housing Units Journal of Planning Literature, April 1, 1988; 3(2): 127 - 152. [Abstract]