A Case Study in Urban Development : From Factory Town to Balanced Community.

E. J. Savage

Expert InsightsPublished 1970

An assessment of future prospects for balanced socioeconomic growth in Richmond, California, a Bay Area industrial boom town in World War II that today is faced with problems of race, unemployment, overcrowding, downtown deterioration, and explosive suburban growth. The author probes current physical, social, and economic pressures and evaluates opportunities for urban growth and redevelopment that will restore the concept of a core city with a strong industrial base and provide jobs, housing, recreation, and education for the area's burgeoning minority population. Among specific needs: (1) quality high-density residential and commercial development, (2) preservation of open space, and (3) reclamation of much tideland area for multiple land use. Richmond has natural advantages, good city administrators, and an adequate general plan for balanced development; the question is, will future growth adhere to planners' guidelines? 28 pp. Ref.

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  • Year: 1970
  • Pages: 28
  • Document Number: P-4345

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