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About: Metropolitan area is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26029 publications have been published within this topic receiving 385648 citations. The topic is also known as: metro & metro area.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth was analyzed and it was found that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator.
Abstract: We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose governments per square mile have a positive impact on metropolitan population and employment growth, but no significant impact on nonmetropolitan counties. In contrast, the fragmentation of general-purpose governments per capita has a negative impact on employment and population growth in nonmetropolitan counties. Our results suggest that local government decentralization matters differently for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.

85 citations

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06 Apr 1994
TL;DR: In this article, the Open Housing Movement: Metropolitan Dispersion Strategies Part II: Housing, Race, and Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Cleveland 3. Cleveland: A Racially Polarized City 4. Suburban Cleveland: Case Studies of Suburbs and Fair Housing Organizations 5. East Cleveland: Black Suburbanization, White Flight, and Rapid Resegregation 6. Shaker Heights: Integration Maintenance in a Once Exclusionary, Planned Suburb 7. Parma: Court-Ordered Racial Integration 8. Euclid: A Suburban City in the Path of White Flight 10
Abstract: List of Tables and Maps Acknowledgments Part I: Racial Divisiveness and Policy Alternatives 1. Race, Housing, and Neighborhoods in the Metropolitan United States 2. The Open Housing Movement: Metropolitan Dispersion Strategies Part II: Housing, Race, and Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Cleveland 3. Cleveland: A Racially Polarized City 4. Suburban Cleveland: Case Studies of Suburbs and Fair Housing Organizations 5. East Cleveland: Black Suburbanization, White Flight, and Rapid Resegregation 6. Shaker Heights: Integration Maintenance in a Once Exclusionary, Planned Suburb 7. Cleveland Heights: The Struggle for Long-term Stable Racial Diversity 8. Parma: Court-Ordered Racial Integration 9. Euclid: A Suburban City in the Path of White Flight 10. Six Cleveland Fair Housing Organizations Part III: Fair Housing : Policies, Programs, Legality, and Prospects 11. Open Housing Policies and Programs 12. The Legal Status of Race-Conscious, Pro-Integrative Housing Policies and Programs 13. Toward Greater Racial Diversity in the Suburbs Reference Index

85 citations

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TL;DR: Local governments in the Phoenix metropolitan area have begun to create official government Facebook pages as an additional way to reach citizens as discussed by the authors, using social media at the local government level to reach out to citizens.
Abstract: Local governments in the Phoenix metropolitan area have begun to create official government Facebook pages as an additional way to reach citizens. Using social media at the local government level s...

85 citations

01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify urban growth on the European side of Istanbul using Landsat 5 TM images for 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2001 and the differences in land cover area between these dates was used to determine the rate of change.
Abstract: Istanbul is the largest city of Turkey with an area of around 5,750 km2 and a population of around 10.8 M (2000). However, in 1980 the population was only around 4.7 M and has more than doubled in only two decades. In 2000 around 65% of the population were living on the European side of the city with its large industrial/commercial and trade centres. The population is increasing as a result of both (i) births exceeding deaths and (ii) mass immigration. Consequently planed and unplanned housing is increasing while green areas are decreasing in area. Monitoring metropolitan growth will enable us to better understand and manage this complex urban area. The primary aim of this research was to quantify urban growth on the European side of Istanbul. Six land covers were identified in space and time using Landsat 5 TM images for 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2001 and the differences in land cover area between these dates was used to determine the rate of change. The accuracy of land cover maps was determined using aerial photographs, field surveys and topographic maps. The overall classification accuracy was between 80-86 %; urban areas increased by around 1,000 ha yr-1 and forest, semi-natural vegetation, crop and bare soil areas decreased collectively at a similar rate. The paper ends with a discussion of the relation between the urban growth and population growth.

85 citations

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TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors assessed and quantified the cultural ecosystem services provided by urban green and blue spaces in six metropolitan areas of Beijing and found that 80% of the residents were willing to pay for maintenance of urban blue and green areas (an average of almost 64 RMB/year).
Abstract: The world is rapidly urbanising, with both positive and negative consequences. One major challenge is how to secure the long-term quality of life for urban residents. Many studies on quality of life are based on ‘material’ ecosystem services (i.e., provisioning and regulating services), with less attention paid to the non-material benefits gained from nature (e.g., green and blue spaces), which have been called cultural ecosystem services (CES). However, these non-material services are often most important to urban residents. Understanding perceptions and awareness of CES provided by urban blue space (i.e., water and wetlands) and green space (i.e., urban forest and grassland) are therefore important to support planning, creation, and protection of these spaces. To tackle these problems, we assessed and quantified the CES provided by urban green and blue space in six metropolitan areas of Beijing. By combining ecosystem services valuation with surveys (466 questionnaires and 16 expert interviews), we gained insights into residents’ perceptions of CES. Surprisingly, blue areas in metropolitan Beijing were valued at least 4.3 times higher than the value of green areas. More than 80% of the residents were willing to pay for maintenance of urban blue and green areas (an average of almost 64 RMB/year). The contributions of cultural services are likely to increase if stakeholders value natural ecosystems more in urban areas than in rural or mountainous areas because of the additional value of these rare resources in densely populated areas.

85 citations


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YearPapers
20232,189
20224,773
20211,006
20201,173
20191,025
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