Suburban Neighborhood Poverty in U.S. Metropolitan Areas in 2000

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Holliday ◽  
Rachel E. Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Neighborhood Poverty ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Racial Profile ◽  
Suburban Poverty ◽  
Census 2000 ◽  
Concentric Zone ◽  
Place Stratification

Suburban areas have become more diverse and stratified in the United States, with a particularly striking increase in poverty, challenging theories that conceptualize poverty predominantly as a central city phenomenon. Little scholarly work has examined suburban poverty, however, and the small existing literature focuses primarily on inner–ring suburbs in the Northeast and Midwest and relies too much on the concentric zone model of metropolitan development. We use Census 2000 summary data to examine the prevalence and form, characteristics, and determinants of suburban poverty at the neighborhood and metropolitan levels across the entire country. We draw on more sophisticated ecological and place stratification perspectives and argue that suburban poverty manifests in more varied forms than the typical model and diverges in crucial respects from central city poverty. Our results identify a particularly distinctive racial profile for suburban poverty, associated especially with Hispanic residential location, with implications for trends in racial segregation as well.

scholarly journals Understanding the Neighborhood Concentration of Affluent Black Households in the 1990s

Urban Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Ron Malega
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Spatial Assimilation ◽  
Stratification Theory ◽  
Census 2000 ◽  
Regional Location ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Place Stratification ◽  
Black Households

This study examines the intersection of race, class, and place by exploring the neighborhood concentration of affluent black households in the United States during the 1990s using Census 2000 data. It adds to the literature seeking a more nuanced understanding of the black community. The author assesses the theories of spatial assimilation and place stratification in understanding the processes associated with the neighborhood-level concentration of affluent black households. Regression analyses reveal that, in general, such concentrations are positively associated with black neighborhood socioeconomic status and negatively associated with white status. Furthermore, neighborhood quality and demographic factors are important for understanding the geography of affluent black households. Additionally, the metropolitan characteristics of residential segregation, racial composition, and regional location affect the neighborhood concentration of affluent black households. Findings suggest place stratification theory provides greater explanatory power than spatial assimilation theory for understanding the neighborhood concentration of affluent black households.

scholarly journals Metropolitan USA: Evidence from the 2010 Census

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Rennie Short
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Census ◽  
The City ◽  
Us Cities

I will review the major changes in the distribution of the metropolitan population of the United States (US), as revealed by the 2010 data recently released by the US Census. These data allow us to track recent changes and provide the basis for a discussion of longer-term trends identified in previous studies of US cities (Short 2006, 2007) and the city suburban nexus (Hanlon et al. 2010). In brief summary, the paper will show the continuing metropolitanization and suburbanization of the US population. A more nuanced picture will reveal evidence of stress in suburban areas and population resurgence in selected central city areas. Overall, the story is one of a profound revalorization and a major respatialization of the US metropolis.

Poor Neighborhoods in the Metropolis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Pattillo ◽  
John N. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Neighborhood Poverty ◽  
Household Mobility

This article examines neighborhood poverty in the metropolis, a perspective known as “new metropolitan reality”—as opposed to one that is fixated on the central city. It first considers three bodies of research that make it possible to understand neighborhood poverty in the metropolis: the political economy of place, the economic causes of concentrated poverty, and household mobility patterns. It then reviews recent population trends in the United States that support the metropolitan perspective on poverty. It also explores neighborhood poverty on the ground by focusing on ethnographic research on poor neighborhoods in particular places. Finally, it discusses research on the effects of poor neighborhoods on residents and asks whether current policy approaches are equipped to address the new metropolitan reality of poverty.

The Suburban Ghetto: The Legacy of Herbert Gans in Understanding the Experience of Poverty in Recently Impoverished American Suburbs

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra K. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Inner Cities ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Suburban Poverty ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
The Impact

Reports based on data collected from the 2000 U.S. Census reveal a dramatic transformation in the landscape of poverty and inequality in the United States in the 1990s. U.S. central city areas have witnessed considerable decreases in rates of poverty while, at the same time, suburbs have experienced significant increases in rates of poverty. Indeed, the outcome of this shift has resulted in demographic trends, quality of life issues, economic and social outcomes, and signs of physical deterioration that we often associate with deteriorating inner cities now being found in a number of American suburbs. Beyond basic demographic information, however, little is known about daily life in these areas. This paper explores the conceptual, analytical, and methodological contributions of Herbert Gans, specifically, his ethnographic study of the suburban community Levittown, for the study of these changes. The paper reviews the literature on suburban poverty in order to identify the ways in which Gans's work contributes to future suburban scholarship as students of the suburb grapple with trying to understand and examine this transformation and the impact that this suburban change has had on the daily lives of the poor living in these recently turned poor suburbs.

scholarly journals Pre-End-Stage Renal Disease Care Not Associated with Dialysis Facility Neighborhood Poverty in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura C. Plantinga ◽  
Min Kim ◽  
Margarethe Goetz ◽  
David G. Kleinbaum ◽  
William McClellan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage Renal Disease ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neighborhood Poverty ◽  
Dialysis Facility ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Community Currency in the United States: The Social Environments in Which it Emerges and Survives

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1565-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Collom
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Community Currencies ◽  
Community Currency ◽  
Census 2000 ◽  
Higher Educational Attainment ◽  
Employment Sectors

Community currency originated as a means to empower the economically marginalized. This paper studies the US population of community currency systems using locally printed money. Eighty-two systems are identified that have been attempted in the United States since 1991. Internet searches and contact with system coordinators indicate that only 20.7% of all systems are active. Regions in which they occur are described; more than one quarter are in Pacific states. City-level Census 2000 data are employed in analyses of environmental conduciveness to determine in which types of social environments local currencies emerge and survive within. Social movement theory is engaged to identify general, population-based resources for local movements. Economic marginality and labor-market-independence hypotheses are also formulated and tested. The major findings indicate that cities with local currencies are characterized by populations with lower household incomes, higher poverty rates, higher unemployment rates, and larger self-employment sectors. Evidence is also presented indicating that community currencies tend to survive in places with younger populations, higher educational attainment, fewer married people, and less residential stability. Implications concerning the future of the community currency movement and its ability to empower the marginalized are drawn.

How Many Urban Brownfields are Out There?: An Economic Base Contraction Analysis of 31 U.S. Cities

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Simons
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Central Cities ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Brownfield Sites ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Restrictive Definition ◽  
Base Contraction

How many brownfield sites are there in the United States? Although numerous federal and state lists of contaminated lands are known—totaling more than 380,000 sites—there is no comprehensive estimate of unlisted or total brownfield sites. This article uses economic base contraction analysis to provide an estimate of the number and acreage of brownfield sites, by type and as a percentage of the land, in 31 large cities in the United States. This approach recognizes that brownfields are the outcome of years of decline in central-city manufacturing, trade, transportation, and residential uses. Using a moderately restrictive definition of brownfield, there are an estimated 75,000 formerly industrial brownfield sites in these U.S. central cities, on 93,000 acres. This is about 5% of the land area in these communities. Another 20,000 acres are present in these same cities in the form of residential brownfields. These findings imply that the overall number of nonresidential brownfields sites in the United States is at least 500,000 to 600,000 or more.

Political Segregation of the Metropolis: Spatial Sorting by Partisan Voting in Metropolitan Minneapolis–St Paul

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle E. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
Spatial Analyses ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Spatial Sorting ◽  
The Individual

Recent electoral research has claimed that individuals in the United States are self–segregating along political lines. In this paper, I use the Twin Cities, Minnesota, metropolitan area as a case study to test for the presence of political segregation through statistical and spatial analyses of electoral data from 1992 to 2012. I find that while segregation by partisan voting at the individual level is comparatively low, it has increased during the study period, and there exists substantial spatial clustering in voting patterns at aggregate levels. These distinct electoral divides between central city and exurb suggest spatial sorting of the electorate in the metropolitan area.

Urban Development and Civic Community: A Comparative Analysis

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McKay
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Central City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Economic Market ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Civic Community

This article attempts to explain why it is that in spite of being exposed to similar economic and social forces, cities in Europe and the United States have followed distinctive patterns of development. In continental Europe core urban areas have remained relatively resilient compared with equivalent areas in Britain and the United States. While economic and demographic factors are important explanatory factors, they cannot account for all of the important differences characteristic of the three urban systems, whether measured in quantitative or qualitative terms. It is argued that Continental cities are better protected because of a long-established elite commitment to specific urban areas which has its roots in the development of the modern state. This commitment is labelled ‘civic community’ which finds political expression through complex representational networks at the local, regional and national levels. In Britain no equivalent networks exist and civic community is low. As a result, elites have little commitment to core urban areas. In the United States, complex representational networks do exist, but they are not linked to a historically established elite commitment to core city areas. Instead, the economic market place determines the fortunes of central cities. It is concluded that these contrasting paths of development place considerable constraints on public policies designed to regenerate central city areas.

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