Rethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA)

The paper provides evidence for the racialization of urban neighborhoods in Kansas City Missouri, USA and the ways in which voluntary associations of citizens work to resist and reduce conditions of urban vulnerability. The paper presents data from historical patterns of racially-biased real estate...

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Autor principal:	Jacob Wagner
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Asociación Española de Geografía 2020
Materias:	vulnerability community resilience adaptive capacity racialization Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geography (General) G1-922
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/d98a1d0e398048c7a4413b3650e83861
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d98a1d0e398048c7a4413b3650e838612021-12-04T10:45:03ZRethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA)0212-94262605-3322https://doaj.org/article/d98a1d0e398048c7a4413b3650e838612020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://bage.age-geografia.es/ojs/index.php/bage/article/view/3056https://doaj.org/toc/0212-9426https://doaj.org/toc/2605-3322 The paper provides evidence for the racialization of urban neighborhoods in Kansas City Missouri, USA and the ways in which voluntary associations of citizens work to resist and reduce conditions of urban vulnerability. The paper presents data from historical patterns of racially-biased real estate practices, including redlining, and demonstrates how these patterns continue to shape the politics of vulnerability in the region today. Three neighborhood profiles provide evidence of the ways in which local neighborhood associations are organized to respond to both social and spatial conditions of vulnerability. In contrast to the estimates of low community resilience in these neighborhoods, the author demonstrates that neighborhood empowerment is an important counterpoint to concentrated vulnerabilities. Jacob WagnerAsociación Española de Geografíaarticlevulnerabilitycommunity resilienceadaptive capacityracializationEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Geography (General)G1-922ENESBoletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Iss 87 (2020)
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description	The paper provides evidence for the racialization of urban neighborhoods in Kansas City Missouri, USA and the ways in which voluntary associations of citizens work to resist and reduce conditions of urban vulnerability. The paper presents data from historical patterns of racially-biased real estate practices, including redlining, and demonstrates how these patterns continue to shape the politics of vulnerability in the region today. Three neighborhood profiles provide evidence of the ways in which local neighborhood associations are organized to respond to both social and spatial conditions of vulnerability. In contrast to the estimates of low community resilience in these neighborhoods, the author demonstrates that neighborhood empowerment is an important counterpoint to concentrated vulnerabilities.
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title	Rethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA)
title_short	Rethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA)
title_full	Rethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA)
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Rethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA)

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