Summary Of Reinventing Los Angeles By Robert Gottlieb

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In the “Reinventing Los Angeles…” by Robert Gottlieb and “Struggling to Embrace Difference in Land-Use Decision Making in Multicultural Communities” the authors reinforce issues within a community that the planners should take into consideration caused by multicultural neighborhoods. The number of immigrants living illegally in the United States has increased dramatically. Tension between immigrants and natives has existed. One of the assumptions made by the native people is that immigration is associated with an increase in crime. The immigrants and minorities have intervene the dominated white culture in the communities. While people within the community attempt to banish the minorities and try to preserve their own culture. The negative

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