The Fallacy of Demolition-Only Policy: An Examination of the Intersection of Race and Rightsizing in Baltimore, Maryland
| dc.contributor.author | White, Olivia Holley | |
| dc.contributor.chair | Chusid, Jeffrey M. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Tomlan, Michael A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-07T12:48:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-07T12:48:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-05-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis critiques rightsizing policies in Baltimore, Maryland. It analyzes Project C.O.R.E. and the effect it will have on the neighborhood of Sandtown-Winchester. This thesis argues that rightsizing policies have and will continue to have a negative impact on low-income, predominately African-American neighborhoods in the city by destroying the cultural and built environment and their historic resources. It asserts that rightsizing is a short-sighted public policy. The work argues this claim by first providing a history of the city of Baltimore emphasizing how racialized policies shaped the built environment. It analyzes the urban policies of the late 20th century that were designed to revitalize Sandtown-Winchester. This thesis reviews of rightsizing as urban policy, and ends with recommendations for how the city can manage vacant properties in a more equitable and fair way. The recommendations suggest rightsizing policies be reformed in order to reconsider the effect that they have on disinvested minority populations. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.7298/X40863DX | |
| dc.identifier.other | White_cornell_0058O_10103 | |
| dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/cornell:10103 | |
| dc.identifier.other | bibid: 9948848 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/51625 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | History | |
| dc.subject | Baltimore | |
| dc.subject | community planning | |
| dc.subject | demolition | |
| dc.subject | rightsizing | |
| dc.subject | shrinking cities | |
| dc.subject | Historic Preservation | |
| dc.subject | Public policy | |
| dc.subject | Urban planning | |
| dc.title | The Fallacy of Demolition-Only Policy: An Examination of the Intersection of Race and Rightsizing in Baltimore, Maryland | |
| dc.type | dissertation or thesis | |
| dcterms.license | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810 | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | City and Regional Planning | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Cornell University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Master of Arts | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A., City and Regional Planning |
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