Name: Saturday - Community Building and Decline
Start: 2013-04-06T09:00:00-0700
End: 2013-04-06T10:20:00-0700

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Saturday - Community Building and Decline

Moderator: Albert Fu (Kutztown University)

A Long-Historical Approach to Deindustrialization in Reading Pennsylvania: First-mover Cities, Environment, and Urban Restructuring
Albert Fu (Kutztown University)
The History of Urban Upgrading in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas: Towards a More Inclusive Urban Governance?
Julia Tierney (University of California, Berkeley)
The Rise and Fall of the Great House Reserve: Notes from Vancouver
Nathanael Lauster (University of British Columbia)
The Saga of a Landslide Reelection, Baby Bonds, and a Recall: Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, 1932-1933
Scott Letteney (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee)
The High Water Mark: Bankrupt Cities and the Future of the Exurbs
Casey Gallagher (University of California, Davis)

Presenters

Albert Fu

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

Nathanael Lauster

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia

Scott Letteney

PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

I am a City Attorney, a Municipal Judge, a Doctoral Candidate in Urban Studies, a retired Air Force officer, a husband, and a father. People should talk to me about the state of municipal governance and whether I actually have time to get anything done.