Bernstein / Mellon Selected Readings in Quantitative Urban Analysis

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-3971-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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Selected Readings in Quantitative Urban Analysis focuses on the use of quantitative approaches in addressing urban problems. The areas discussed are overall urban models; urban models dealing with the basic economic factors of urban life (workers and jobs, housing, and transportation); urban models dealing with the provision of basic services (education, health care, fire, police, water, and sanitation); urban models dealing with the provision of the luxuries of urban life (theater, ballet, symphony); urban models dealing with how the decisions to provide these factors are made (policy formulation and the resolution of conflicting priorities). This book is comprised of 11 chapters and begins with an outline of the major areas of urban life, analyzed in a quantitative manner. Urban modeling is then introduced, and problems and pitfalls in urban model building are considered. The next section looks at the economic base of urban life, with emphasis on labor markets and labor force; urban housing markets and housing policy; and policy and policy models in transportation. Subsequent chapters explore essential urban services, including public education, community health services, fire protection, sanitation, and emergency medical services. The remaining sections discuss the amenities of urban life and urban politics and policy. This monograph should be useful to urban administrators and planners as well as students interested in urban problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bernstein, Samuel J.

Mellon, W. Giles

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Selected Readings in Quantitative Urban Analysis;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;Acknowledgements;9
7;PART I: Urban Modeling: An Introduction and Critique;10
7.1;Chapter 1. Urban Modeling: An Introduction to, and Critique of, Large-scale Models;12
7.1.1;1. Introduction;12
7.1.2;II. Urban Models: Classification;12
7.1.3;III. Urban Models: Some Examples;14
7.1.4;IV. Problems and Pitfalls in Urban Model Buading;34
8;PART II: The Economic Base of Urban Life;44
8.1;Chapter 2. Urban Labor Markets and Labor Force;46
8.1.1;I. Introduction;46
8.1.2;II. Delineating Urban Labor Markets;48
8.1.3;III. Theories of Ae Urban Labor Market;52
8.1.4;IV. Characteristics of the Urban Labor Market;55
8.1.5;V. Problem Areas;59
8.1.6;VI. Manpower Programs and Policies;61
8.1.7;VII. Conclusions;66
8.1.8;References;66
8.2;Chapter 3. Urban Housing Markets and Housing Policy;72
8.2.1;I. Introduction;72
8.2.2;II. Distinctive Characteristics of Urban Housing Markets;72
8.2.3;III. Modeling of Urban Housing;79
8.2.4;IV. Application of the Model to Rent Control;94
8.2.5;V. Agenda for Future Research;103
8.3;Chapter 4. Policy and Policy Models in Transportation;106
8.3.1;Component Modes;106
8.3.2;Planning ''Balanced" Transportation;108
8.3.3;Transportation Planning Models;111
8.3.4;Elements of Policy Analysis;114
8.3.5;Suggested Readings;116
9;PART III: Essential Urban Services;118
9.1;Chapter 5. Strategies for Applying Formal Planning Tools to Program Decisions in Public Education;120
9.1.1;A Politically Recognized Need;120
9.1.2;Strategies for Specifying and Measuring Outcomes;122
9.1.3;Strategies for Specifying the Educational Process;125
9.1.4;Strategies for Estimating Costs;131
9.1.5;Application of Planning Tools in Special Cases;132
9.1.6;References;135
9.2;Chapter 6· A Dynamic Model for Policy Studies in Community Health Service Systems;138
9.2.1;Introduction;138
9.2.2;System Definition;140
9.2.3;Model Definition;146
9.2.4;Policy Studies Using the Model;146
9.2.5;Conclusion;157
9.2.6;References;160
9.3;Chapter 7. Quantitative Studies in the Provision of Three Essential City Services—Fire Protection, Sanitation, and Emergency Medical Services;162
9.3.1;Introduction;162
9.3.2;I. Fire Protection: Resource Allocation in Fire Supervision;162
9.3.3;II. Emergency Medical Services: Ambulance Transportation;174
9.3.4;III. Sanitation: Solid Waste Management;183
9.3.5;IV. Conclusions;195
9.3.6;References;197
9.4;Chapter 8. Police Service and the Criminal Justice System;200
9.4.1;Background;200
9.4.2;Enormous Complex;201
9.4.3;Police Patrol;204
9.4.4;General Solution;209
9.4.5;Police Information Systems;212
9.4.6;Courts and the Criminal Justice System;215
9.4.7;Toward a Total Criminal Justice System;216
9.4.8;In Search of a Manageable System;222
10;PART IV: The Amenities of Urban Life;228
10.1;Chapter 9. Quantitative Analyses of the Performing Arts;230
10.1.1;BAUMOL & BOWEN;231
10.1.2;MOORE;234
10.1.3;SKRZYPCZAK;239
10.1.4;STEADMAN;240
10.1.5;FURTHER RESEARCH;242
11;PART V: Urban Politics and Policy;248
12;Chapter 10. Public Policy-making in the Urban Setting;250
12.1;Urban Centered Government in the United States;250
12.2;Intergovernmental Support of the Largest Cities;251
12.3;Explanation of Urban-centered Governments;254
12.4;Revenue Sharing;257
12.5;Continuity in Local Program Administration Amidst Increasing Intergovernmental Aid;258
12.6;Money in the Urban Policy System;260
12.7;Problems of Measurement and Analysis;262
12.8;Determinants of Local Spending: The Systems Model at Work;263
13;Chapter 11. Quantifying Conflict Resolution with Applications to Urban and International Problems;268
13.1;1. Introduction;268
13.2;2. Remarks on International Conflicts and Arms Control;269
13.3;3. The Role of Quantitative Models;270
13.4;4. An Application to Urban Conflict;272
13.5;5. Power Index in Negotiation;285
13.6;6. Cooperative Solutions to n-person Games;288
13.7;7. Inspection and Verification;289
13.8;8. Resolving the Priority Conflict Problem;292
13.9;9. Conclusion;294
13.10;References;294
14;About the Authors;296
15;Author Index;300
16;Subject Index;304