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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-28-2009
Abstract
As an urban-redevelopment strategy, the goals of mixed-income development are often talked about in terms of building “communityâ€â€”the shaping of environments, opportunities, and social arrangements that promote healthy neighborhood life, particularly for the low-income people who live there. This article explores the strategies engaged, expectations for, and early responses to efforts to build “community†in three mixed-income developments being built on the footprint of former public housing developments in Chicago. In doing so, it investigates the expectations among residents and stakeholders, distills and explores three major strategic orientations being engaged by developers and their partners, and examines how these strategies in particular—and the building of community more generally—is playing out across sites, including the dynamics and conditioning factors that promote or inhibit participation, engagement, interaction, and the shaping of social cohesion and social control.
Keywords
mixed-income communities, mixed-income neighborhoods, public housing
Publication Title
Urban Affairs Review
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© 2010 The Author(s).
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Recommended Citation
Chaskin, R. J., & Joseph, M. L. (2010). Building “Community” in Mixed-Income Developments: Assumptions, Approaches, and Early Experiences. Urban Affairs Review, 45(3), 299-335. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087409341544