Many US inner cities that had once experienced enormous growth have suffered
decline in physical, social, and economic respects. This experience has been limited not
only to US urban areas but is also apparent in many UK cities. Because the forces of
urban decline have been similar in both cases, so have efforts to address their
consequences. Urban policies in each country were implemented to regenerate (UK) or
revitalize (US) inner city areas and neighborhoods.
This study focuses on one aspect of urban regeneration/revitalization. Change in
housing characteristics is a key indicator of decline in inner cities, and captures many of
the social, economic and physical aspects of decline. By examining changes in housing
characteristics, as well as contextual variables such as poverty, income, and
unemployment, this paper examines differences in policy approaches to reversing urban
decline.
A comparative case study of neighborhoods in representative urban areas in each
country using secondary qualitative and quantitative data provides evidence of how each
country's approach resulted in changes to the neighborhood's housing and social
characteristics. Interpreting these changes leads to conclusions and implications for
current and future policies in each country.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/86066 |
| Date | 10 October 2008 |
| Creators | Ko, Youngho |
| Contributors | VanZandt, Shannon S. |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | electronic, born digital |
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