Are Neighbourhoods Self-stabilising? Exploring Endogenous Dynamics

George Galster, Jackie Cutsinger and Up Lim
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George Galster: Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Wayne State University, 3198 Faculty/Administration Building, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Jackie Cutsinger: Centre for Urban Studies, Wayne State University, 3040 Faculty/Administration Building, Detroit, MI 48202, USA, jackiecutsinger@wayne.edu
Up Lim: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-74, Korea, uplim@yonsei.ac.kr

Urban Studies, 2007, vol. 44, issue 1, 167-185

Abstract: This study investigates how neighbourhoods respond when they are upset by transient, exogenous shock(s). Do they quickly revert to their original, stable state, gradually return to this stable state, permanently settle into another stable state, diverge progressively from any steady state, or evince no discernable pattern of response? A self-regulating adjustment process promoting stability appears the norm, based on econometric investigations of multiple, annually measured indicators from census tracts in five US cities. Stability quickly re-established at the original state characterises most of the indicators analysed: rates of tax delinquency, low-weight births, teenage births and home sales volumes. Violent and property crime rates also evince endogenous stability at the original state, but take considerably longer than the other indicators to return to it when the exogenous shock is sizeable. Moreover, this crime adjustment process is considerably slower in neighbourhoods with higher poverty rates.

Date: 2007
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