ISSN:0735-2166    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1981.tb00006.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The causes of urban decline and urban development have been much discussed. Seldom, however, have systematic efforts been made to codify causes and assess their relative importance. This paper helps move in that direction by listing 40 theories of urban decline (or conversely urban development). The theories are based on a review of a range of literature and are presented here as propositions. Elsewhere we are testing their relative importance.

ISSN:0735-2166    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1981.tb00007.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Determining which cities are distressed and designing allocation systems for grant‐in‐aid programs to assist needy places are important issues in domestic policymaking. The authors present the view that techniques for measuring distress are primarily a task for analysis, while decisions on allocation issues are essentially political.The article examines grant a/location systems and makes an important distinction between the eligibility criteria for grant assistance and the formula factors used to determine how much money a community will receive. The point stressed is that, unless eligibility is based on need, the targeting effects of the formula itself may be diluted. Several approaches to establishing eligibility criteria based on need and having more targeted formulas are discussed.The authors also present several approaches to measuring community distress‐socioeconomic distress, physical decay, and economic development. There is a general convergence in the findings; that is, the distressed communities tend to be the same, regardless of which standard of distress is

ISSN:0735-2166    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1981.tb00008.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Public capital investment by state and local governments will be necessary to support a national policy of industrial revitalization. But over the last decade and a half capital spending in the state and local sector has been displaced by other budget commitments. This article describes the impact of the investment lag on public capital conditions and assesses the ability of state‐local governments to upgrade their infrastructure without major federal assistanc

ISSN:0735-2166    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1981.tb00009.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The decade of the 1970's has seen fiscal crises develop in several cities and fiscal retrenchment in many more. This paper analyzes the interrelationship between city investment and borrowing policies, the possibility of fiscal crises, and factors relevant to local government fiscal decisions and sound management.

ISSN:0735-2166    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1981.tb00010.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper reviews the problem of housing abandonment and discusses local government responses to this issue. New York City is used as a case study because of its large number of abandoned buildings and its varied policies. A framework was developed to examine neighborhood change in terms of three dimensions: physical, social, and perceptual conditions. This approach will allow for studies to evaluate the impacts of public policies on housing abandonment and its people, thus enabling the selection of relevant and proven interventions. Such research may also facilitate local government efforts to develop policies toward preventing housing abandonment before it occurs.

ISSN:0735-2166    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1981.tb00011.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

One way researchers can help cost cutters is to clarify the values that are at stake in retrenchment, assuming that in most municipalities spending will continue to grow unless the values that sustain it are weakened. This essay is a start in the direction of systematically identifying values used as resources to defend current spending practices and to challenge them. The several values listed here have been used in the contest over municipal spending in the Milwaukee area.

ISSN:0735-2166    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9906.1981.tb00012.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: WILEY