This volume, comprised of original contributions by experienced urban planners and distinguished social scientists, sets forth the accumulated experience directed at improving the quality of life in our cities through neighbourhood programs. Policy issues, housing programs and job development plans, along with organizational innovations aimed at redistribution of power, are described and evaluated.

List of Tables - List of Figures - Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - PART 1: OVERVIEWS - Conceptual issues in Neighborhood Decline and Revitalization; D.E.Gale - Neighborhood Housing Renewal in Britain; A.Murie - PART 2: NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS - Model Cities: What Went Wrong: The Programs or its Critics?; R.Wood - Israel's Project Renewal: Describing and Explaining a Relative Success; N.Carmon - PART 3: ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS AND IMPLEMENTATION - Interorganizational Coordination in Neighborhood Development: Four Cases; E.Alexander - Implementation Analysis of a National Neighborhood Program: The Case of Israel's Project Renewal; R.Alterman - PART 4: EMPOWERMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS - New York City's Community Boards: Neighborhood Policy and its Results; P.Marcuse - Resident Participation Issues Through the Prism of Israel's Project Renewal; A.Churchman - PART 5: CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES - Community-Based Housing: Strengths of the Strategy Amid Dilemmas that Won't Go Away; R.G.Bratt - Self Sufficiency of Neighborhood Development Organizations in a Time of Austerity; T.A.Reiner - PART 6: RETHINKING FOR THE FUTURE - Neighborhood Planning: Limits and Potentials; S.A.Fainstein - Rethinking Neighborhood Strategies; B.J.Frieden & M.Kaplan - Index