 Zoning changes and social diversity in New York City, 1990–2015Juan G. Yunda and Junfeng Jiao Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 2, 230-243 Abstract: The writings of Jane Jacobs led urbanists to advocate for increased social diversity in neighborhoods as a method of promoting vitality in public spaces. Since then, New York City has become both a role model and a testing ground for zoning changes that support this objective. However, since the 2000s community activists and scholars have argued that these zoning changes have led to the dislocation of communities of color and incentivized gentrification. This project analyzed panel social and housing census data from 1990 and 2015 to assess the validity of these arguments. Results suggest that zoning changes have limited and differentiated effects on the different dimensions of social diversity. For instance, they have strong effects on household income diversity, a nuanced effect on race diversity, and slightly negative effects on family type diversity. Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:12:y:2019:i:2:p:230-243 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2018.1562488 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability is currently edited by Matthew Hardy and Emily Talen More articles in Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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