Abstract

Los Angeles Metropatterns: Social Separation and Sprawl in the Los Angeles Region

Myron Orfield
University of Minnesota Law School; Institute on Race and Poverty; Ameregis

2003

Abstract:
This research identifies the suburban typology of Los Angeles, California through a study of the social and fiscal disparities within the region. Municipal tax base and other demographic data, such as poverty rates measured at the school-level, are used to show wide variations in the capacities of suburban municipalities to provide local public services. The results show clear signs of current fiscal and social stress in the region. A range of regional fiscal, planning, and governance reforms are also evaluated.

Keywords: Los Angeles, sprawl, metropolitan, land use, planning structural reform, polarization, governmental reform, regional equity, infrastructure, sprawl, transportation

JEL Classifications: E61, E62, H20, H71, H73, I22, J10, O10, O20, R10

Working Paper Series

Date posted: February 26, 2006 ; Last revised: February 26, 2006

Suggested Citation

Orfield, Myron, Los Angeles Metropatterns: Social Separation and Sprawl in the Los Angeles Region (2003). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=884813

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Myron Orfield (Contact Author) University of Minnesota Law School ( email ) 420 Walter Mondale Hall 229 19th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55455 United States HOME PAGE: http://www.law.umn.edu/
Institute on Race and Poverty ( email ) N150 Walter Mondale hall 229 19th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55455 United States 612-625-8071 (Phone) 612-624-8890 (Fax)
Ameregis ( email ) 1313 5th Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 United States

Abstract

Date posted: February 26, 2006 ; Last revised: February 26, 2006

Suggested Citation

Contact Information

Myron Orfield (Contact Author)