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Economic inequality in U.S. global cities.
- Source :
- Journal of Urban Affairs; 2023, Vol. 45 Issue 10, p1785-1803, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- For urban policymaking, inequality in large U.S. metropolitan areas appears as a principal consequence of a trichotomy of motives over resources allocation, consisting of urban economic development, ecological sustainability and socioeconomic equity. In the case of global cities, a greater inequality appears to result, in part, from the propensity for urban economic-development motives to pursue and/or maintain worldwide centrality, connectivity and command over the dynamic forces of globalization. Such global-city development priorities are reflected in the endogenous urban content and institutional makeup distinguishing "global-city status," a characterization attributable to only a handful of places in the U.S. As a cross-sectional comparison of 53 large metropolitan areas (MSA), this paper examines the hypothesis that MSAs having a higher index value for "global-city status" exhibit comparatively greater socioeconomic inequality than MSAs with a lower index value. It produces statistical evidence supporting this thesis, with wide-ranging implications for globalization's imprint on metropolitan areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- METROPOLITAN areas
EQUALITY
URBAN community development
URBAN policy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07352166
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Urban Affairs
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173414587
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.2018934