Exodus within an expanding city: The case of Houston's historic African-American communities

Urban Design International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-42

  Longoria, Rafael ^a   Rogers, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Houston; incremental; narrative histories; urban design

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; METHODOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN DESIGN;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872833928     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2012.28     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Alvarado, C. (2006) Don't get angry about bad air: Do something about it. Houston Chronicle, OpEd, 17 June.
2. Awan, N., Schneider, T. and Till, J. (2011) Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doping Architecture. New York: Routledge.
3. Bethel, H. (2006) A Closer Look at Air Pollution in Houston: Identifying Priority Health Risks: A Summary Report of the Mayor's Task Force on the Health Effects of Air Pollution. Washington DC: US Environmental Protection Agency.
4. Bullard, R. (1987) Invisible Houston: The Black Experience in Boom and Bust. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University.
5. Comey, A. (1912) Houston: Tentative Plans for its Development. Boston, MA: Press of Geo, H. Ellis Co.
6. Emerson, M., Bratter, J., Howell, J., Jeanty, P. and Cline, M. (2012) Houston Region Grows More Racially/Ethnically Diverse, with Small Declines in Segregation. A Joint Report Analyzing Census Data from 1990, 2000, and 2010. Rice University: Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas.
7. Feagin, J. (1988) Free Enterprise City: Houston in Political and Economic Perspective. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
8. Garreau, J. (1982) The Nine Nations of North America. New York: Avon Books.
9. Hollander, J., Pallagst, K., Schwarz, T. and Popper, F. (2009) Planning shrinking cities. Progress in Planning 72(4): 223-232.
10. McComb, D. (1969) Houston: The Bayou City. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
11. Peters, S. and Morgan, P. (2004) The country life commission: Reconsidering a milestone in American agricultural history. Agricultural History 78(3): 289-316. (Pubitemid 39033325)
12. Prather, P.S. (1987) Reunion recalls history of state's first black city, independence heights. Houston Chronicle, Section Houston, Page 1, 1 STAR Edition. Houston Chronicle, 17 January 1915. 'Independence Heights will be Incorporated' Houston Post, 17 January 1915. 'First Negro Town in Texas is Formed'.
13. Rogers, S. and Oran, M. (2011) Food for thought. Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston 85: 36-39.
14. Saucier, H. (2005) Acres homes group solicits memories of older residents. Houston Chronicle, 15 June 2005.
15. Wachter, S. (2005) The Determinants of Neighborhood Transformation in Philadelphia: Identification and Analysis-The New Kensington Pilot Study. Philadelphia: William Penn Foundation.