Evolving United States metropolitan land use patterns

Sarzynski, Andrea; Galster, George; Stack, Lisa

doi:10.1080/02723638.2013.823730

Cited by 31 publications

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“…For example, urban sprawl is often conceived as the dominant pre-established land use distribution pattern of American urbanization (Sarzynski, Galster, & Stack, 2013). In a "typical" American metropolitan region, the focus for downtown development is often on the revenues from commercial and business allocations, whereas municipalities on the periphery usually provide services to attract residential developments.…”

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“Phasic” metropolitan settlers: a phase-based model for the distribution of households in US metropolitan regions

2015

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In this article, we develop a model for explaining spatial patterns in the distribution of households across metropolitan regions in the United States. First, we use housing consumption and residential mobility theories to construct a hypothetical probability distribution function for the consumption of housing services across three phases of household life span. We then hypothesize a second probability distribution function for the offering of housing services based on the distance from city center(s) at the metropolitan scale. Intersecting the two hypothetical probability functions, we develop a phase-based model for the distribution of households in US metropolitan regions. We argue that phase one households (young adults) are more likely to reside in central city locations, whereas phase two and three households are more likely to select suburban locations, due to their respective housing consumption behaviors. We provide empirical validation of our theoretical model with the data from the 2010 US Census for 35 large metropolitan regions.

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“Phasic” metropolitan settlers: a phase-based model for the distribution of households in US metropolitan regions

2015

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“…In an analysis of 257 U.S. metropolitan areas in 1990 and 2010, Sarzynski et al [16] observed a general trend toward both residential and employment densification during the decade, but an increase in other sprawl-like characteristics. Thomas [17] tracked Census Bureau residential building permit data for the 50 largest metro areas from 1990-2008, recording an increase in central city's share of permits in all cities throughout the country, particularly following the recent Great Recession.…”

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Densification without Growth Management? Evidence from Local Land Development and Housing Trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

2014

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Abstract:In urban America, land development and residential real estate have passed through a number of different phases during the post-WWII era. In contemporary discourse on urban sustainability, attention is often expressed in terms of intensity of land development, lot sizes, and square-footage of housing units. In this paper, we reconstruct the land development trajectory of a rapidly growing southern city in the United States and assess whether this trajectory has experienced any reversal in the face of socio-economic transformations that have occurred over the past decade or so. Starting with current land and real estate property records, we reconstitute the urban map of Charlotte using World War II as a starting point. Results highlight a decline in the average single family lot size over the past decade, while the average home size has consistently grown, suggesting that the city of Charlotte and its county have witnessed a densification trend along a path towards greater land development. This analysis both helps situate Charlotte with respect to other U.S. urban regions, and provides support for potential land-use policies, especially densification, when a balance between urban development, environment preservation, energy savings, and the achievement of quality of life for current and future generations are concerned.

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“…Their work revealed that centrifugal development proceeded quickly, at a rate of up to half a mile per year, or approximately 4 miles during the study period. Sarzynski, Galster, and Stack [36] similarly discovered that 257 metropolitan areas in the U.S. experienced a decrease in the spatial concentration of employment between the years 1990 and 2000, as jobs moved away from the historic core. …”

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San Antonio 360: The Rise and Decline of the Concentric City 1890–2010

2017

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This paper catalogs the suburban expansion of San Antonio, Texas by decade between the years 1890 and 2009, a time frame that saw the city reorganize its morphological structure four times. The city inhabited a 36-square mile grid until the late nineteenth century; expanded radially along streetcar lines during the early twentieth century; grew concentrically along automotive ring roads during the mid-twentieth century; and has assumed a polycentric organization within the past two decades. This research places San Antonio's recent demographic and geographic boom into historical perspective, utilizing construction completions in host Bexar County to answer the following question: how did the form, location, and type of suburban growth shift over 120 years? The research reveals three trends: first, that historically concentric growth patterns began to assume a polycentric configuration in the late twentieth century; second, that patterns of centrifugal expansion began to accelerate dramatically during the same time period; and third, that the relative increase of multifamily completions has surpassed that of single-family completions in five of the last six decades. These findings suggest that the City of San Antonio, in order to establish a sustainable growth model, must prioritize the opportunities and constraints associated with polycentric suburban expansion.

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Evolving United States metropolitan land use patterns

Cited by 31 publications

References 23 publications

“Phasic” metropolitan settlers: a phase-based model for the distribution of households in US metropolitan regions

“Phasic” metropolitan settlers: a phase-based model for the distribution of households in US metropolitan regions

Densification without Growth Management? Evidence from Local Land Development and Housing Trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

San Antonio 360: The Rise and Decline of the Concentric City 1890–2010

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