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Cities Without SuburbsBy David Rusk
Presented by
Carissa Bunning
Becky Canovan
Lyndsay Leggott
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Key Terms
• Elastic
• Inelastic
• Metropolitan government
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Introduction
• Elastic vs. inelastic
• Characteristics
• Strategies
• Conclusions
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Characteristics of Metro Areas
• 5 categories of elasticity
– Zero
– Low
– Medium
– High
– Hyper
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For a city’s population to grow, the city must be “elastic.”
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When a city stops growing, it starts shrinking.
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Elastic cities “capture” suburban growth; inelastic cities
“contribute” to suburban growth.
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Old cities are complacent, young cities are ambitious.
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Racial prejudice has shaped growth patterns.
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Fragmented local government fosters segregation; unified local
government promotes integration.
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The smaller the income gap between city and suburb, the
greater the economic progress for the whole metropolitan community.
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Poverty is more concentrated in inelastic cities than in elastic cities.
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Characteristics of Metro Areas
• The point of no return
– City/suburb economic disparities
– The city is no longer a place in which to
invest or create jobs.
– No city past the point of return has ever
closed the economic gap with its suburbs
by as much as a single percentage point!
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Point of No Return
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Characteristics of Metro Areas
• Cities without suburbs
– 2 standards
– 23 cities
• Social equity
• Economic mobility
• Availability of resources
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Strategies for Stretching Cities
• End fiscal imbalance
• Diminish racial and economic segregation
• Promote economic progress
• Control urban sprawl
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Urban “Triage”
• Preventative medicine
• Out-patient treatment
• Major surgery
• Life-support systems
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State Government Initiatives
• Unify local governments– Consolidate city and county– Combine counties into regional governments
• Consolidation impact• Authorize annexation• Limit new municipalities• Promote regional partnerships
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Federal Government Initiatives
• Incentives for metropolitan reorganization
• Slowing urban sprawl
• Leveling the playing field
• Ending public housing contracts
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Citizen Initiatives
• Voluntary civic action
• Business organizations
• Chambers of commerce
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Conclusions and Recommendations
• Metro governments are the best solution for governing metro areas, however metro governments are not always plausible.
• In this case, racial and economic integration must occur.
• To achieve this, cooperation on the part of local, state, and federal governments is essential.
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Sources
• http://www.engr.utexas.edu/che/students/photos/austin-1.cfm