Title Shadows of a Sunbelt City : the Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin

Published Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages) Series Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Forces of Growth; CHAPTER 1 The Making of a Globalized Austin The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy; CHAPTER 2 The Value of Knowledge The Expansion of the University of Texas, Urban Renewal, and the Blackland; CHAPTER 3 Bringing In the State State Entrepreneurialism, the University, Land Development, and the High-Technology Sector; Part II: Urban Transformations; CHAPTER 4 Sustaining a Higher Quality of Life The Environment, Crime, and the Remaking of Austin's Downtown CHAPTER 5 Contesting Sustainability "Smart Growth" and the Redevelopment of Austin's East SideCHAPTER 6 What Is Past Is Prologue Urban Governance, Comprehensive Planning, and Political Reform; REFLECTIONS: Outside the Shadows; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Summary Austin, Texas, is often depicted as one of the past half centuryÆs great urban successstoriesùa place that has grown enormously through ôcreative classö strategies emphasizing tolerance and environmental consciousness. In Shadows of a Sunbelt City, Eliot Tretter reinterprets this familiar story by exploring the racial and environmental underpinnings of the postindustrial knowledge economy. He is particularly attentive to how the University of Texasùworking with federal, municipal, and private-sector partners and acquiring the power of eminent domainùexpanded its power and physical footprint. H Notes Print version record Subject University of Texas at Austin SUBJECT University of Texas at Austin fast Subject Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Texas -- Austin Racism -- Texas -- Austin Knowledge economy -- Texas -- Austin City planning -- Texas -- Austin Universities and colleges -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Austin Universities and colleges -- Environmental aspects -- Texas -- Austin City planning Ecology Economic history Knowledge economy Race relations Racism Universities and colleges -- Environmental aspects Universities and colleges -- Social aspects Urban ecology (Sociology) SUBJECT Austin (Tex.) -- Environmental conditions Austin (Tex.) -- Race relations Austin (Tex.) -- Economic conditions Subject Texas -- Austin Form Electronic book Author Cowen, Deborah Heynen, Nik Wright, Melissa W ISBN 9780820349091 0820349097

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