The term "inner city" first achieved consistent usage through the writings of white liberal Protestants in the U.S. after World War II, contrasting with the growing affluent suburbs. According to urban historian Bench Ansfield, the term signified both a bounded geographic construct and a set of cultural pathologies inscribed onto urban black communities. Inner city thus originated as a term of containment. Its genesis was the product of an era when a largely white suburban mainline Protestantism was negotiating its relationship to American cities. Liberal Protestants’ missionary brand of urban renewal refocused attention away from the blight and structural obsolescence thought to be responsible for urban decay, and instead brought into focus the cultural pathologies they mapped onto black neighborhoods. The term inner city arose in this racial liberal context, providing a rhetorical and ideological tool for articulating the role of the church in the nationwide project of urban renewal. Thus, even as it arose in contexts aiming to entice mainline Protestantism back into the cities it had fled, the term accrued its meaning by generating symbolic and geographic distance between white liberal churches and the black communities they sought to help.[2]
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Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States[3]) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal is the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities to create opportunities for higher class housing, businesses, and more.
In Canada, in the 1970s, the government introduced Neighbourhood Improvement Programs to deal with urban decay, especially in inner cities.[4] Also, some inner-city areas in various places have undergone the socioeconomic process of gentrification, especially since the 1990s.[5]
^(PDF). brookings.edu. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2018. (Brookings Institution) and its analysis in Gurwitt, Rob (July 2008). "Atlanta and the Urban Future". Governing. Retrieved April 5, 2010. — see example in Demographics of Atlanta: Race and ethnicity
Further readingedit
Harrison, P. (1985) Inside the Inner City: Life Under the Cutting Edge. Penguin: Harmondsworth. This book takes Hackney in London as a case study of inner city urban deprivation.
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inner, city, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, confusing, unclear, readers, please, help, clarify, article, there, might, discussion, about, this, talk, page, 2021, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, term, inner, city, been, used, especial. For other uses see Inner city disambiguation This article may be confusing or unclear to readers Please help clarify the article There might be a discussion about this on the talk page May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The term inner city has been used especially in the United States as a euphemism for majority minority lower income residential districts that often refer to rundown neighborhoods in a downtown or city centre area 1 Sociologists sometimes turn the euphemism into a formal designation by applying the term inner city to such residential areas rather than to more geographically central commercial districts often referred to by terms like downtown or city centre Contents 1 History 2 Urban renewal 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingHistory editThe term inner city first achieved consistent usage through the writings of white liberal Protestants in the U S after World War II contrasting with the growing affluent suburbs According to urban historian Bench Ansfield the term signified both a bounded geographic construct and a set of cultural pathologies inscribed onto urban black communities Inner city thus originated as a term of containment Its genesis was the product of an era when a largely white suburban mainline Protestantism was negotiating its relationship to American cities Liberal Protestants missionary brand of urban renewal refocused attention away from the blight and structural obsolescence thought to be responsible for urban decay and instead brought into focus the cultural pathologies they mapped onto black neighborhoods The term inner city arose in this racial liberal context providing a rhetorical and ideological tool for articulating the role of the church in the nationwide project of urban renewal Thus even as it arose in contexts aiming to entice mainline Protestantism back into the cities it had fled the term accrued its meaning by generating symbolic and geographic distance between white liberal churches and the black communities they sought to help 2 Urban renewal editUrban renewal also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States 3 is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities Urban renewal is the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities to create opportunities for higher class housing businesses and more In Canada in the 1970s the government introduced Neighbourhood Improvement Programs to deal with urban decay especially in inner cities 4 Also some inner city areas in various places have undergone the socioeconomic process of gentrification especially since the 1990s 5 See also edit nbsp Cities portalBid rent theory Black flight and white flight Concentric zone model Ghetto Industrial deconcentration Skid row Slum Suburban colonization Urban sprawl Urban structure The projectsReferences edit BBC Higher Bitesize Geography Urban Revision Page4 bbc co uk Retrieved 7 April 2018 Bench Ansfield Unsettling Inner City Liberal Protestantism and the Postwar Origins of a Keyword in Urban Studies Antipode 2018 HUD Revitalization Areas Archived from the original on 15 October 2016 Retrieved 2 October 2016 https core ac uk download pdf 144470328 pdf bare URL PDF State of Metropolitan America Part II Race and Ethnicity PDF brookings edu p 62 Archived from the original PDF on 30 May 2010 Retrieved 7 April 2018 Brookings Institution and its analysis in Gurwitt Rob July 2008 Atlanta and the Urban Future Governing Retrieved April 5 2010 see example in Demographics of Atlanta Race and ethnicityFurther reading editHarrison P 1985 Inside the Inner City Life Under the Cutting Edge Penguin Harmondsworth This book takes Hackney in London as a case study of inner city urban deprivation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inner city amp oldid 1191633956, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
