Ethnic Origins: The Adaptation of Cambodian and Hmong Refugees in Four American Cities By Jeremy Hein Russell Sage Foundation. 2006. 309 pages. $37.50, cloth

Social Forces ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 613-615
Author(s):  
H. C. Thai
Keyword(s):  
Russell Sage Foundation ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Ethnic Origins

New Faces in American Cities: The Cuban Exiles

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose I. Lasaga ◽  
Malcolm Kushner
Keyword(s):  
Cuban Exiles ◽  
American Cities

URBAN DISPLACEMENT AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF THE AMERICAN CITY FROM THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Knight ◽  
Mohammad Gharipour
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
Minority Populations ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Late Twentieth Century

How can urban redevelopment benefit existing low-income communities? The history of urban redevelopment is one of disruption of poor communities. Renewal historically offered benefits to the place while pushing out the people. In some cases, displacement is intentional, in others it is unintentional. Often, it is the byproduct of the quest for profits. Regardless of motives, traditional communities, defined by cultural connections, are often disrupted. Disadvantaged neighborhoods include vacant units, which diminish the community and hold back investment. In the postwar period, American cities entered into a program of urban renewal. While this program cleared blight, it also drove displacement among the cities’ poorest and was particularly hard on minority populations clustered in downtown slums. The consequences of these decisions continue to play out today. Concentration of poverty is increasing and American cities are becoming more segregated. As neighborhoods improve, poorer residents are uprooted and forced into even more distressed conditions, elsewhere. This paper examines the history of events impacting urban communities. It further reviews the successes and failures of efforts to benefit low-income communities.

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