John Accordino
Biographic Data
| ID | 4408684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Accordino |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Accordino |
| SIGNATURE | ACCORDINO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6190-7552 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Revitalizing rural areas: A comparative analysis of place-based approaches in the United States and Italy
This practice review presents two revitalization programmes in rural communities – the US Main Street Program (MS) and the Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI). Both use place-based approaches rooted in historic heritage to revitalize rural areas suffering from structural economic decline, but they define place and they organize targeting, stakeholder engagement and participation very differently. The paper describes each programme an…
What Do Students Gain from Collaborative, In-Person, International Education? Ten Years of the Trans-Atlantic Seminar in Urban & Regional Planning
Planning education organizations express support for collaborative international planning education, but international planning education methods and results have not appeared in the literature. We review education literature and describe the operation and student learning outcomes of a Trans-Atlantic Seminar that an American and a German university have jointly offered for ten years. We describe what students learn, based on the results of inter…
Balancing Act: Preserving Historic Fabric and Enhancing Economic Vitality in Towns in the Metropolitan Periphery
Towns on the periphery of metropolitan areas face threats from metropolitan growth and the rise of Internet retail. They may be able to play new roles in the regional economy, e.g. as locations for tele-commuting, small-scale manufacturing, artisanal work, or residential development, but such new functions may threaten their historic fabric. This paper describes challenges historic downtowns in the metropolitan periphery perceive and their effort…
Public Gardens as Sustainable Community Development Partners: Motivations, Perceived Benefits, and Challenges
Local governments are increasingly forging creative alliances to solve community problems and provide local services. The literature recognizes cultural institutions as partners for local community development, yet these alliances remain underutilized. This article identifies the contributions that local government partnerships with cultural institutions—specifically public gardens—make to community development through their services, presence, a…
Addressing the Vacant and Abandoned Property Problem
Vacant and abandoned property is increasingly recognized as a significant barrier to the revitalization of central cities. This study sheds some light on the nature of the property abandonment problem and on current city efforts to address it. It is based upon the findings of a survey of the 200 most populous central cities in the United States, conducted during the summer and fall of 1997, and on follow-up interviews with a portion of the survey…
Student Outcomes Assessment: Challenge and Opportunity For Planning Educators
Addressing the Vacant and Abandoned Property Problem
Vacant and abandoned property is increasingly recognized as a significant barrier to the revitalization of central cities. This study sheds some light on the nature of the property abandonment problem and on current city efforts to address it. It is based upon the findings of a survey of the 200 most populous central cities in the United States, conducted during the summer and fall of 1997, and on follow-up interviews with a portion of the survey…
Public Gardens as Sustainable Community Development Partners: Motivations, Perceived Benefits, and Challenges
Local governments are increasingly forging creative alliances to solve community problems and provide local services. The literature recognizes cultural institutions as partners for local community development, yet these alliances remain underutilized. This article identifies the contributions that local government partnerships with cultural institutions—specifically public gardens—make to community development through their services, presence, a…
Student Outcomes Assessment: Challenge and Opportunity For Planning Educators
Student Outcomes Assessment: Challenge and Opportunity For Planning Educators
Addressing the Vacant and Abandoned Property Problem
Vacant and abandoned property is increasingly recognized as a significant barrier to the revitalization of central cities. This study sheds some light on the nature of the property abandonment problem and on current city efforts to address it. It is based upon the findings of a survey of the 200 most populous central cities in the United States, conducted during the summer and fall of 1997, and on follow-up interviews with a portion of the survey…
Public Gardens as Sustainable Community Development Partners: Motivations, Perceived Benefits, and Challenges
Local governments are increasingly forging creative alliances to solve community problems and provide local services. The literature recognizes cultural institutions as partners for local community development, yet these alliances remain underutilized. This article identifies the contributions that local government partnerships with cultural institutions—specifically public gardens—make to community development through their services, presence, a…
Balancing Act: Preserving Historic Fabric and Enhancing Economic Vitality in Towns in the Metropolitan Periphery
Towns on the periphery of metropolitan areas face threats from metropolitan growth and the rise of Internet retail. They may be able to play new roles in the regional economy, e.g. as locations for tele-commuting, small-scale manufacturing, artisanal work, or residential development, but such new functions may threaten their historic fabric. This paper describes challenges historic downtowns in the metropolitan periphery perceive and their effort…
What Do Students Gain from Collaborative, In-Person, International Education? Ten Years of the Trans-Atlantic Seminar in Urban & Regional Planning
Planning education organizations express support for collaborative international planning education, but international planning education methods and results have not appeared in the literature. We review education literature and describe the operation and student learning outcomes of a Trans-Atlantic Seminar that an American and a German university have jointly offered for ten years. We describe what students learn, based on the results of inter…
Revitalizing rural areas: A comparative analysis of place-based approaches in the United States and Italy
This practice review presents two revitalization programmes in rural communities – the US Main Street Program (MS) and the Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI). Both use place-based approaches rooted in historic heritage to revitalize rural areas suffering from structural economic decline, but they define place and they organize targeting, stakeholder engagement and participation very differently. The paper describes each programme an…
Business (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Vitality (2 works) · Abandonment (legal (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)