urban renewal

Dickson Despommier shares his concept of the vertical farm as a possible solution to the world's food, water, and energy problems, and discusses the many benefits of having crops grown inside skyscrapers.

The author shares his childhood growing up in a dying city, only for him to come back as the mayor and save it. Explores the journey he took to get there.

Chronicles gentrification in New York City in the twenty-first century that is transforming the city from a metropolis of unique neighborhoods into a suburbanized luxury zone that only the richest can afford.

Discusses careers in politics and government, with information about pay and job prospects, educational requirements, comments from industry insiders, and more.

Twins Nikki and Maya Younger always agreed on most things, but as they head into their senior year they react differently to the gentrification of their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood and the new--white--family that moves in after their best friend and her mother are evicted.

Maps on endpapers.

Fifth-grader Jerome Barnes of Shoney Flats is exploring the town junkyard when he finds a strange mechanical robot-creature named Arkie who is made of a collection of spare parts, but seems remarkably alive--and when Arkie shows him the city that exists beneath the junkyard Jerome realizes that he must find a way to save his friend and the junkyard that the town wants removed.

"Documents the evolution of HOPE VI, exploring what it accomplished replacing severely distressed public housing with mixed-income communities and where it fell short. Reveals how a program conceived to address a specific problem triggered a revolution in public housing and solidified principles that still guide urban policy today."--from the publisher.