Noah Schwartz discusses the whitewashing that occurs in many cases of historical preservation of gentrifying deindustrialized neighbourhoods, using the example of Marysville, New Brunswick
Nearly 150 researchers and students are currently affiliated with the DePOT project. Historians and sociologists abound. Yet there are only a few scholars trained in planning or geography.
As urban planning scholars based in Detroit—specializing in community development and economic development respectively—we have affiliated with the DePOT project because studying deindustrialization challenges us to reconsider one of the foundational relationships structuring the built environment: the linkage between jobs and communities. Specifically, deindustrialization draws our attention to the decisive role that industry has long played in creating—and subsequently remaking—neighborhoods, cities, and metropolitan areas.
Nearly 150 researchers and students are currently affiliated with the DePOT project. Historians and sociologists abound. Yet there are only a few scholars trained in planning or geography.
As urban planning scholars based in Detroit—specializing in community development and economic development respectively—we have affiliated with the DePOT project because studying deindustrialization challenges us to reconsider one of the foundational relationships structuring the built environment: the linkage between jobs and communities. Specifically, deindustrialization draws our attention to the decisive role that industry has long played in creating—and subsequently remaking—neighborhoods, cities, and metropolitan areas.
