City Parks Association

Resources: U.S.

Reported Causes of Change in City Supply of Vacant Land

Presents the survey on causes of changes in the supply of vacant land in cities of the United States. Lists cities with increased amount of vacant properties and cities in which the amount of vacan...

Read More

Addressing the Vacant and Abandoned Property Problem

Discusses the nature of vacant and abandoned property and the city efforts to address it. Barrier to the revitalization of central cities; survey of the populous central cities in the United States...

Read More

Vacant Land in Cities: an Urban Resource

A recent survey on vacant land and abandoned structures in seventy cities.

A recent survey on vacant land and abandoned structures in seventy cities found that 15% of a city’s land was vacant; cities in the South tended to have the most vacant land while cities in the Nor...

Read More