A THEORY OF URBAN DECLINE - ECONOMY, DEMOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL ELITES

Authors
Citation
J. Friedrichs, A THEORY OF URBAN DECLINE - ECONOMY, DEMOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL ELITES, Urban studies, 30(6), 1993, pp. 907-917
Citations number
72
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Studies","Urban Studies
Journal title
ISSN journal
0042-0980
Volume
30
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
907 - 917
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-0980(1993)30:6<907:ATOUD->2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
During the past decades, large cities in advanced industrialised count ries have experienced different demographic and economic trajectories. Some are continuing to grow in population and jobs; many have experie nced decline. To account for the process of decline and its consequenc es, a general model of urban decline is proposed. It specifies the rel ationship between employment, population, political elites and urban f iscal revenues. Constructs and propositions are drawn from economic an d ecological theorems. Empirical evidence is based on literature predo minantly from Germany and the US.