The Economies Of Central City Neighborhoods

by Richard Bingham, Zhongcai Zhang

Overview

In The Economies of Central City Neighborhoods Bingham and Zhang examine the location of industry employment in a variety of producer and consumer-oriented industries in relation to major neighborhood characteristics such as demographic, labor force, socioeconomic, and housing variables. While the primacy of poverty is an aspect of central city neighborhoods that drives the growth and decline of neighborhood economies, it implies the significance of effective intervention at early stages of neighborhood economic disintegration. Neighborhood cluster of industries suggests a direction of neighborhood redevelopment, and the pervasive spill-over effects of this necessitate the coordination among redevelopment initiatives of bordering neighborhoods.The research in this text contributes to the urban literature by providing an industry-by-industry analysis of the economies of central city sub-areas in Ohio. This study is informative and illuminating to central city revitalization/redevelopment planning and related efforts that often take place at the neighborhood level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367098780
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/13/2019
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard D. Bingham is Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Cleveland State University where he is also a Senior Research Scholar of the Urban Center. He has published widely in economic development and is founding editor of Economic Development Quarterly. Zhongcai Zhang is Director of Market Research/Database Marketing at Ohio Savings Bank. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Research Associate at the Center for Urban Studies, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Buffalo. He has published in Economic Development Quarterly, Industry Week, Journal of the American Planning Association, and Urban Affairs Review. He has also authored and co-authored several research reports for the United States EPA and HUD. Richard D. Bingham is Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Cleveland State University where he is also a Senior Research Scholar of the Urban Center. He has published widely in economic development and is founding editor of Economic Development Quarterly. Zhongcai Zhang is Director of Market Research/Database Marketing at Ohio Savings Bank. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Research Associate at the Center for Urban Studies, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Buffalo. He has published in Economic Development Quarterly, Industry Week, Journal of the American Planning Association, and Urban Affairs Review. He has also authored and co-authored several research reports for the United States EPA and HUD.

Table of Contents

Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Economies in a Central-City Context , Ohio’s Central Cities , Research Design and Methodology , Central-City Neighborhoods , Minor (Producer-Oriented) Employers , Major Neighborhood Employers: Producer-Oriented Industries , Major Neighborhood Employers: Consumer-Oriented Industries , Explaining Neighborhood Social/Industrial Linkages , A Simultaneous Equation Approach for Determining Neighborhood Industry Activity , Poverty, Race, Industry Location, and Urban Neighborhoods , Appendix A , Appendix B

Editorial Reviews

In a study using the zip code-level Ohio Economic Development Database with implications for urban revitalization, Bingham (public administration-urban studies, Cleveland State U.) and Zhang (market research, Ohio Savings Bank) apply a factor analysis model to explain variation in manufacturing-based industry employment across central Ohio neighborhoods. Industry factor scores applied to seven cities' demographic and socioeconomic variables are appended. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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