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The Causes of Metropolitan Suburbanization

Author(s) -

Peter Mieszkowski,

Edwin S. Mills

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

the journal of economic perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614

H-Index - 196

eISSN - 1944-7965

pISSN - 0895-3309

DOI - 10.1257/jep.7.3.135

Subject(s) - suburbanization , metropolitan area , economic geography , sketch , geography , economics , regional science , computer science , archaeology , algorithm

In this paper, we investigate the causes of metropolitan suburbanization. We consider two classes of theories of suburbanization, both of which are important: the first, favored by urban theorists and transportation experts, might be called a natural evolution theory; the second stresses the fiscal and social problems of central cities. We sketch the monocentric model of urban areas, discuss the gradient measure of suburbanization, and offer some cross-country comparisons of suburbanization. Finally we present conclusions and policy implications.

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