Selling Tax-Reverted Land: Lessons from Cleveland and Detroit: New This Spring Westchester

Dewar, Margaret

doi:10.1080/01944360608976737

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“…Though this dataset originates with the Assessment Division and the accuracy of their property database has been questioned (Dewar, 2006), after cross-referencing a subset of our catalog of vacant parcels against 2005 aerial imagery (Michigan Geographic Data Library, n.d.), we found only 45 of 1,323 parcels identified as vacant that appeared to have a home or other structure present (3.4% error rate).…”

Section: Gis Vacant Land Identification and Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the local food supply capacity of Detroit, Michigan

Colasanti

Hamm

2010

JAFSCD

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Urban agriculture is touted as a strategy for more locally reliant food systems, yet there is little understanding of its potential food provisioning capacity. Using Detroit, Michigan as an example, we use secondary data to develop a methodology for estimating the acreage required to supply, as far as seasonally possible, the quantity of fresh fruits and vegetables consumed by city residents. We compare these requirements with a catalog of the publicly owned, vacant parcels in Detroit to assess the feasibility of producing significant quantities of the fresh produce consumed within city limits. We demonstrate that if high-yield, biointensive growing methods are used, 31% and 17% of the seasonally available vegetables and fruits, respectively, currently consumed by 900,000 people could be

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Section: Gis Vacant Land Identification and Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the local food supply capacity of Detroit, Michigan

Colasanti

Hamm

2010

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“…Reuse plans and policies are also critical for preventing empty lots from transitioning into urban dumping grounds, and these plans ideally should be guided by the community (Dewar, 2006). Again, the method can allow the community voice to be incorporated into land use change.…”

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Developing open space networks in shrinking cities

Frazier

Bagchi‐Sen

2015

Applied Geography

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“…Land banks, often run by or in conjunction with the county, can help remove barriers to development, such as clouded titles, multiple owners of small vacant parcels, and tax delinquency, while keeping land out of dysfunctional property markets and assembling large parcels for redevelopment (Alexander 2005;Schilling and Logan 2008). However, to be effective, a land bank must be well-run, with transparent processes, commitment to community involvement, and cooperation between the public and private sectors (Dewar 2006).…”

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The Everyday Emergency

Loh

2016

Urban Affairs Review

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In the last several years, the governor of Michigan has placed seven cities under the control of emergency managers (EMs), who have the authority to make drastic cuts and rearrangements of public processes and services. I investigate what happens to planning processes under these circumstances, and how EMs use planning to accomplish their goals. I find that many of the cities devote renewed attention to planning, and that the planning process may function as an alternative public participation process, given that the normal democratic process had been disrupted. I also find that the implementation of the plans is likely to be problematic because of staffing cuts, and that planning in itself cannot solve the structural problems that led to these cities' financial distress.

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Selling Tax-Reverted Land: Lessons from Cleveland and Detroit: New This Spring Westchester

Cited by 51 publications

References 4 publications

Assessing the local food supply capacity of Detroit, Michigan

Assessing the local food supply capacity of Detroit, Michigan

Developing open space networks in shrinking cities

The Everyday Emergency

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