Sunbelt Frostbelt: Public Policies and Market Forces in Metropolitan Development (James A. Johnson Metro) (James A. Johnson Metro)

Metropolitan growth and development results from a complex mix of factors: for example, rising incomes, shifting populations, consumer preferences and market restructuring, the quality of schools, the location of affordable housing, and the natural topography of a metropolitan area. Yet major federal and state spending programs, tax expenditures, and regulatory and administrative policies can also fundamentally shape growth patterns. Sunbelt/Frostbelt examines the role of government policies and market forces in shaping growth patterns in five metropolitan areas: Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Pittsburgh. It concludes with a look at how these different areas have tried to put in place policy reforms to address their unique growth challenges. Contributors include a team of researchers from Arizona State University, Peter Dreier (Occidental College), Robert E. Gleeson (Northern Illinois University), Joseph Gyourko (University of Pennsylvania), Pascale Joassart-Marcelli (University of Massachusetts, Boston), Manuel Pastor Jr. (University of California, Santa Cruz), Jerry R. Paytas (Carnegie Mellon University), Joseph Persky and Kimberly Schaffer (University of Illinois at Chicago), Anita A. Summers (University of Pennsylvania), Wim Wiewel (University of Baltimore), and Jennifer Wolch (University of Southern California).

Metropolitan growth and development results from a complex mix of factors. Consumer preferences, growth and geographical shifts in population, increasing incomes, market restructuring, quality of schools, and location of affordable housing are just a few that play a critical role. Other important influences include state and local interactions, historical circumstances, and the natural topography of a metropolitan area. Federal and state policies, taken together, set the "rules of the development game" that tend to facilitate economic decentralization, the concentration of poverty, and greater fiscal and racial disparities between communities. In S unbelt/Frostbelt, Janet Rothenberg Pack and her contributors examine the role of market forces and government policies in shaping growth and development patterns in major metropolitan areas. The findings are a result of a multiyear project analyzing five different locales: two sunbelt metro areas (Los Angeles and Phoenix) and three in northern climes (Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Philadelphia). Through its intensive study of these areas, the book offers a deep understanding of the federal policies and diverse market forces that have affected urban development patterns in the last few decades. Despite the diversity of the cities, the contributors find remarkable similarities in the problems they face. Urban sprawl and spatial inequality are among the common challenges attributable to market forces and public policies. Despite the many similarities, the book finds important differences in the extent of the problems and recommends numerous policies for remedying them. It concludes by examining how these different sunbelt and frostbelt metro areas have attempted to adopt policy reforms that address their unique growth challenges. Contributors include a team of researchers from Arizona State University, Peter Dreier (Occidental College), Robert E. Gleeson (Northern Illinois University), Joseph Gyourko (University of Pennsylvania), Pascale Joassart-Marcelli (University of Massachusetts, Boston), Manuel Pastor Jr. (University of California, Santa Cruz), Jerry R. Paytas (Carnegie Mellon University), Joseph Persky and Kimberly Schaffer (University of Illinois at Chicago), Anita A. Summers (University of Pennsylvania), Wim Wiewel (University of Baltimore), and Jennifer Wolch (University of Southern California).

The Product Of A Multiyear Project Looking At How Government Policies Shape Growth Patterns In Five Metropolitan Areas--los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Chicago, And Philadelphia--this Book Examines How These Sunbelt And Frostbelt Metro Areas Have Tried To Use Policy Reform To Address Their Individual Development Challenges--provided By Publisher. Metropolitan Development : Patterns, Problems, Causes, Policy Proposals / Janet Rothenberg Pack -- Chicago : Metropolitan Decentralization / Wim Wiewel, Joseph Persky, And Kimberly Schaffer -- Los Angeles : Region By Design / Jennifer Wolch ... [et Al.] -- Philadelphia : Spatial Economic Disparities / Joseph Gyourko And Anita A. Summers -- Phoenix : Dealing With Fast Growth / Arizona State University Research Team -- Pittsburgh : Economic Restructuring And Regional Development Patterns, 1880-2000 / Robert E. Gleeson And Jerry Paytas. Janet Rothenberg Pack, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 1. Metropolitan Development: Patterns, Problems, Causes, Policy Proposals......Page 12 2. Chicago: Metropolitan Decentralization......Page 37 3. Los Angeles: Region by Design......Page 66 4. Philadelphia: Spatial Economic Disparities......Page 121 5. Phoenix: Dealing with Fast Growth......Page 151 6. Pittsburgh: Economic Restructuring and Regional Development Patterns, 1880-2000......Page 193 Contributors......Page 230 Index......Page 232 Maps......Page 246