Atlanta

Larry Keating is Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has worked with Atlanta low-income neighborhood groups and community development corporations for over twenty years, usually through the Community Design Center of Atlanta, which he co-founded in 1977.

"Keating makes a unique contribution...this is an important addition to the literature on city planning, as well as on Atlanta. Keating builds a strong case that Atlanta has a history of an anti-planning mindset, and the origins of that mindset are readily explained. He has ample material to make his case." -Professor Clarence N. Stone, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, and author of Regime Politics "Larry Keating's study of Atlanta is more than a meticulous and provocative analysis of economic policy in one American city. It is also suggestive for the nation in showing how race and class intertwine to maintain economic injustice even after legal segregation has been abolished." -Howard Zinn, columnist for The Progressive, and author of A People's History of the United States "Skillfully blends the power analyses of modern Atlanta by Floyd Hunter and Clarence Stone with such classic exposes as those of Lincoln Steffens and Jane Jacobs to create a penetrating portrait of the 'Shame of a Southern City.' Larry Keating's landmark study should be read by historians, social scientists, city planners, decision makers and concerned city dwellers." -Dana F. White, Professor of Urban Studies, Emory University, and author of The Urbanists, 1865-1915 "This book is not just an historical expose on the city, but it's touted as shedding light on many issues such as corporate control of government, city politics and the Southern way of life. Keating ultimately reveals the imbalance between power and progress." -Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine "Keating's book offers a deeply critical analysis of urban planning and policy making in Atlanta's recent history...[he] has provided an excellent study of post-war urban policy and planning in Atlanta, while at the same time challenging the booster image of a rising global city promoted by a succession of elite decision-makers." -Urban History

• List of Maps and Tables Maps 1. Atlanta Metropolitan Region 2. Directions of Growth, Atlanta Metropolitan Region, 1980-1998 3. Atlanta Edge Cities 4. Census Black Groups More Than 80 Percent Black, Atlanta Metropolitan Region, 1990 5. Atlanta's Central Neighborhoods 6. Summerhill / Peoplestown / Mechanicsville and Surrounding Neighborhoods 7. Techwood / Clark-Howell Homes (Now Centennial Place) and Surrounding Neighborhoods Tables 1. Number of Jobs by Industry, Atlanta Region, 1980 and 1998 2. Population, Atlanta Region, 1980 and 1998 3. 1980 and 1990 Distribution of Occupations by Race and Sex, Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area 4. Atlanta Regional Unemployment Rates, 1980 and 1990 5. Atlanta and Regional Ratio of Black to White Unemployment 6. Atlanta and Regional Labor-Force Participation Rates (Percent), 1980 and 1990 7. Inequality in Household Income by Race and Family Type, Atlanta Region and City of Atlanta, 1980 and 1990 8. Inequality in Family Income Between Predominantly Black and White Atlanta Census Tracts, 1950 to 1990 9. Residential Dissimilarity of Blacks and Whites, 1940 to 1990 10. Inequality in Housing Values Among Predominantly Black and White Atlanta Census Tracts, 1950 to 1990 11. Inequality in Incidence of Housing for Which More Than 25 Percent of Income is Paid for Rent, Atlanta, 1970 to 1990 12. Inequality in Overcrowded Housing Among Predominantly White and Black Atlanta Census Tracts, 1950 to 1990 13. Degree of Inequality (Coefficient of Variation) Among Predominantly White and Black Atlanta Census Tracts, 1950 to 1990 14. Geographic Concentration of Poverty Among Blacks and Whites in Atlanta 15. Government Expenditures in Support of the 1996 Olympic Games (Figures in Millions of Dollars)