Ordering the city : land use, policing, and the restoration of urban America

This timely and important book highlights the multiple, often overlooked, and frequently misunderstood connections between land use and development policies and policing practices. In order to do so, the book draws upon multiple literatures--especially law, history, economics, sociology, and psychology--as well as concrete case studies to better explore how these policy arenas, generally treated as completely unrelated, intersect and conflict. Nicole Stelle Garnett identifies different types of urban "disorder," some that may be precursors to serious crime and social deviancy, others that may be benign or even contribute positively to urban vitality. The book's unique approach--to analyze city policies through the lens of order and disorder--provides a clearer understanding, generally, of how cities work (and why they sometimes do not), and specifically, of what disorder is and how it affects city life

This timely and important book highlights the multiple, often overlooked, and frequently misunderstood connections between land use and development policies and policing practices. In order to do so, the book draws upon multiple literatures—especially law, history, economics, sociology, and psychology—as well as concrete case studies to better explore how these policy arenas, generally treated as completely unrelated, intersect and conflict.

 

Nicole Stelle Garnett identifies different types of urban “disorder,” some that may be precursors to serious crime and social deviancy, others that may be benign or even contribute positively to urban vitality. The book’s unique approach—to analyze city policies through the lens of order and disorder—provides a clearer understanding, generally, of how cities work (and why they sometimes do not), and specifically, of what disorder is and how it affects city life.

Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 1 Order in the City......Page 22 2 Ordering the City......Page 40 3 A Four-Category Taxonomy of Disorder......Page 62 4 Order Construction as Disorder Suppression......Page 90 5 Relocating Disorder......Page 114 6 The Order-Maintenance Agenda as Land-Use Policy......Page 139 7 Reordering the City......Page 163 8 Letting Go?......Page 202 Notes......Page 226 Bibliography......Page 244 A......Page 278 C......Page 279 D......Page 280 E......Page 281 H......Page 282 L......Page 283 N......Page 284 P......Page 285 R......Page 286 S......Page 287 W......Page 288 Z......Page 289 This book analyzes city policies through the lens of order and disorder, to provide a clearer understanding of how cities work (and why they sometimes do not)