An Introduction: Definitions, Themes, Theory
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We have relatively deep information about the specific cities presented here. But is there a more general literature on the topic? There is, and we present a review of books as "Progressive City Literature" drawn from the web site www.progressivecities.org, created originally (2004) after depositing materials collected in the research that produced The Progressive City (1986) and Activists in City Hall (2010).
Further, from that web site, are two short essays: "What is the Progressive City?" -- an exercise in definition; and "Planning in the Progressive City," which introduces a theme cutting across the range of cities represented in the Collection.
We also present Derek Shearer's "Urban Innovation in the United States," from his comparative study of U.S. cities in the early 1980s -- a broader sample than what we have here.