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Shrinking Cities and First Suburbs

The Case of Detroit and Warren, Michigan

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Authors:
  1. Anirban Adhya

    1. Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, USA

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  • Addresses strong global interest in urban areas like Detroit, Michigan, which are facing critical issues of urban decay
  • Represents a useful contribution to the growing literature on 'first suburbs'
  • Illustrates an alternate model to address shrinkage through on-the-ground project-based efforts in fringe communities

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction: The Shrinking City Phenomenon

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    Pages 1-10

  3. Detroit Metropolitan Area and Warren

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    Pages 11-17

  4. The Shrinking Context of Warren

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    Pages 19-27

  5. Warren as a Case Study

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    Pages 29-36

  6. First Suburbs and Challenges of Shrinkage in Warren

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    Pages 37-49

  7. Current Efforts in Warren

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    Pages 51-63

  8. Conclusion: Lessons from Warren

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    Pages 65-80

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 81-90
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About this book

This book examines Warren, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, as a shrinking city facing a crisis of economic downturn, automotive restructuring, high unemployment, and real estate foreclosures. The author explores Warren’s attempt to develop planning strategies, culturally-based initiatives, community design projects, and creative partnerships in the region in order to address the challenges of shrinkage and foreclosures at multiple scales. Global urban development is currently characterized by varied combination of metropolitan growth and urban core shrinkage. While much of the shrinkage is concentrated in central cities, first suburbs are now facing the same problem. The Warren case illustrates opportunities for flexible policies combining rightsizing, shared maintenance, and incremental development in struggling first suburban communities, which are less studied and often ignored. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, USA

    Anirban Adhya

About the author

Anirban Adhya is Associate Professor at the College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, USA. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Shrinking Cities and First Suburbs

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of Detroit and Warren, Michigan

  • Authors: Anirban Adhya

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51709-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51708-7Published: 10 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84722-1Published: 04 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51709-4Published: 03 March 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 90

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban Economics

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