Political fragmentation and land use changes in the Interior Plains

Kim, Jae Hong; Cho, Jaewoo; Keane, Timothy D.

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“…A lower value generally indicates a higher degree of decentralization (or political fragmentation), with a more evenly distributed pattern of government expenditures among municipalities. A higher value of HHI suggests that the spending is dominated by a single jurisdiction in the region, that is, political power concentration (see, for example, Grassmueck and Shields 2010; Hendrick, Jimenez, and Lal 2011; Kim, Cho, and Keane 2015). Recent studies have suggested that political fragmentation in local/regional governance can lead to a more sprawling pattern of development (see, for example, Byun and Esparza 2005; Carruthers and Ulfarsson 2002; Kim, Cho, and Keane 2015; Razin and Rosentraub 2000).…”

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Exploring the Determinants of Variations in Land Use Policy Outcomes: What Makes Urban Containment Work?

Kim

2019

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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This article explores ways in which land use policy outcomes vary across contexts focusing, as an example, on urban growth boundaries. Specifically, it analyzes how various contextual factors interact with the policy and generate diverging development outcomes by employing a kernel-based regularized least squares method. Results show that the policy effectiveness is largely dependent on the region’s population size, initial density levels, and organizational conditions. The presence of urban growth boundaries also appears to shape the way other determinants influence development patterns, suggesting that the policy can both directly and indirectly promote a more compact/contiguous pattern of development.

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Exploring the Determinants of Variations in Land Use Policy Outcomes: What Makes Urban Containment Work?

Kim

2019

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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“…Additionally, each metropolitan area’s governance structure was measured using the following three indicators. The first metric (PCGOV) is the total number of government units per capita in each metropolitan region, which has been widely used in other empirical studies on political fragmentation and its implications (e.g., Hawkins and Dye, 1970; Kim et al., 2015; Ulfarsson and Carruthers, 2006). A greater value of this variable (i.e., a higher number of government agencies per resident) means that each government unit covered fewer residents, indicating a higher degree of political fragmentation.…”

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“…A greater value of this variable (i.e., a higher number of government agencies per resident) means that each government unit covered fewer residents, indicating a higher degree of political fragmentation. Specifically, the calculation is as shown in equation (1): The second indicator is the so-called Hirschman–Herfindahl Index (HHI), which has been employed in some recent studies (e.g., Grassmueck and Shields, 2010; Hendrick and Shi, 2015; Hendrick et al., 2011; Kim et al., 2015). Public expenditure information from the Census of Governments was used for this measure; therefore, this index represents the degree of fiscal concentration/decentralization within an MSA, as shown in equation (2): HHI has a value ranging from 1/ n ( n denotes the number of local government units in a region) to 1.0, where 1/ n represents a perfectly even distribution of public spending among local government units, and 1.0 represents the opposite extreme, which indicates the highest level of concentration in government spending patterns.…”

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“…The second indicator is the so-called Hirschman-Herfindahl Index (HHI), which has been employed in some recent studies (see e.g., Grassmueck and Shields, 2010;Hendrick et al, 2011;Hendrick and Shi, 2015;Kim et al, 2015). Public expenditure information from the Census of Governments was used for this measure; therefore, this index represents the degree of fiscal concentration/decentralization within an MSA, as shown below.…”

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Metropolitan governance structure and growth–inequality dynamics in the United States

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2018

Environ Plan A

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While much scholarly attention has long been paid to ways in which metropolitan areas are politically structured and operated to achieve a dual goal, economic growth and equality, relatively less is known about the complex relationship between metropolitan governance structures and growth-inequality dynamics. This study investigates how and to what extent metropolitan governance structures shape regional economic growth and inequality trajectories using the data for 267 US metropolitan areas from 1990 to 2010. The findings from a two-stage least squares regression analysis suggest that economic growth is associated with governance structures in a nonlinear fashion with relatively more rapid growth rates in both highly centralized and decentralized metropolitan areas. However, these regions are also found to experience a larger increase in income inequality, indicating an important tradeoff to be considered carefully in exploring ways to reform existing governance settings. These findings further suggest that the so-called growth-inequality tradeoff may exist not only in their direct interactions but through their connections via governance or other variables.

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“…This cumulative set of decisions have contributed to low-density growth patterns that has, in turn, led to a range of increasingly challenging issues, including increasing congestion, rising infrastructure costs, decreasing air quality, loss of open space, and increases in greenhouse gas emissions (Kim, Cho, and Keane, 2015;Pendall, 1999).…”

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Metropolitan Centers: Evaluating Local Implementation of Regional Plans and Policies

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Type of Report and Period Covered Sponsoring Agency Code Supplementary Notes AbstractThe Denver and Salt Lake City Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) have embarked upon regional visioning strategies that promote development around higher density, mixed use centers with current or future access to transit. This study examines the programs and policies in the Salt Lake City and Denver regions to examine regional vision influence on local planning and the opportunities and constraints facing centers. The research team analyzed local plans over the past several decades, interviewed planners, and examined demographic, land use and transportation characteristics in select centers across the region. We found that the regional vision had a moderate influence on local planning, due to vague definitions and criteria. However, light rail investment and market forces have had a more substantial influence-resulting in cities developing supportive transit oriented development policies. While over 100 centers have been designated, many face significant challenges to support regional goals, particularly because many light rail lines were located along rail and freeway alignments. A limited number of "tipping point centers" already contain the necessary elements to be successful with city and private investment. Many "greenfield centers" offer significant future opportunity for development, but their suburban location and infrastructure needs present significant costs and challenges. Many other "redevelopment centers" are dominated by industrial, commercial or office development, and the land use and transportation patterns within these centers present substantial hurdles that may limit their potential to achieve regional goals.

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Political fragmentation and land use changes in the Interior Plains

Cited by 9 publications

References 66 publications

Exploring the Determinants of Variations in Land Use Policy Outcomes: What Makes Urban Containment Work?

Exploring the Determinants of Variations in Land Use Policy Outcomes: What Makes Urban Containment Work?

Metropolitan governance structure and growth–inequality dynamics in the United States

Metropolitan Centers: Evaluating Local Implementation of Regional Plans and Policies

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