Nothing Left to Lose

Only radical strategies can help America's most distressed cities.

1 minute read

July 20, 2000, 6:30 AM PDT

Cities have not been forgotten by their regional economies; rather, all too often, the opposite has happened. Distressed central cities have not, or perhaps cannot, react to changes in their current competitive positions within their regional economies. Edward W. Hill is a nonresident senior fellow in the Brookings Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy and a senior research scholar in Cleveland State University's Levin College of Urban Affairs. He is the editor of Economic Development Quarterly. Jeremy Nowak is president of The Reinvestment Fund, a financial intermediary specializing in inner-city real estate and small business lending. Partial for their research was provided by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Nothing left to Lose

Saturday, July 15, 2000 in The Brookings Institution

Community / Economic Development United States

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban Planner

Get top-rated, practical training

Start Learning

Advertise with us

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.