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This edited book has been several years in the making. It stemmed from taking my students from the Netherlands on fieldtrips to Detroit. The aim of these trips was to challenge their ideas of what they thought they knew about Detroit specifically, and about cities more generally. During these visits, we engaged with scholars, journalists, planners, artists and activists who all had important insights and visions into the city. They both inspired and challenged my students. Seeing how the conversations, lectures and tours which featured in these trips made my students think differently about cities was the catalyst for putting together this edited book, which examines the lessons and visions from Detroit and argues that a critical assessment of its decline and renewal is important to understanding the challenges facing cities around the world.
I am grateful for the support, feedback and critical conversations from many people who helped to make this book possible. My Dutch colleagues who traveled with me to Detroit, Martijn Hendrikx and Matthieu Permentier from the Utrecht University and Roy Kemmers from Erasmus University College were extremely helpful in these journeys, as well as in wider discussions about cities and urban change. I also wish to acknowledge the financial support from my two employers during my time in the Netherlands: the Department of Human Geography and Planning at Utrecht University and the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Erasmus University College, in Rotterdam. In addition to visits to Detroit as part of student field trips, their support also enabled me to conduct research visits to the city in conjunction with this project.
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