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Objectives for Week Fourteen. Explaining Inter-jurisdictional Policy Variation Discuss Issues in Urban and Metropolitan Affairs Case Study on Urban Growth Final Research Papers are due on Tuesday, April 29 th in class. How Can We Explain Inter-jurisdictional or Temporal Policy Variation?.
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Objectives for Week Fourteen • Explaining Inter-jurisdictional Policy Variation • Discuss Issues in Urban and Metropolitan Affairs • Case Study on Urban Growth • Final Research Papers are due on Tuesday, April 29th in class
How Can We Explain Inter-jurisdictional or Temporal Policy Variation?
All Possible Policy Alternatives Demographic Trends Economic Conditions Federal Law/Regulation Interest Groups Institutional Capacity Political Culture Focusing Event/ Crisis Media Coverage Competitive Pressures Past Experiences Fiscal Constraints Viable Policy Outcomes
All Possible Policy Alternatives X1 X2 X3 VPO1 VPO2 VPO3
Urban Sprawl and Expansion • “Housing and/or economic development that extends past conventional suburban rings into areas that have been previously undeveloped and/or sparsely populated.” • Evaluate this definition • Dependent variables? • Independent variables?
Change in Metropolitan Areas • What has changed? • Employment • Population and housing • Transportation • What has not changed? • Location of aging infrastructure • Location of poverty • Location of social service providers
Context for Urban Sprawl • Politics • Taxes, schools, environment, land use, fragmentation • Economics • $ in new development • Transportation • $ for roads, not much for public transit • Demographics • Growing suburban populations • Culture • Manifest Destiny • Competition
Spillover Effects and Externalities Produced by Sprawl • Positive externalities • Negative externalities • Implications for IGRs and IG Policy? • Where do issues of race and gender fit in?
Collective Action and Growth Management • Importance of coalition-building • Context matters • Legislation is a starting point • Maintaining and expanding collective action • Institutions matter • Complex interdependencies
Case on Urban Growth:Questions for Class • How does the case narrative end? • Create a timeline for St. Claire County’s decision-making process. What are the access points? • What should the County Planning Department do in this situation? Ethical considerations? • Who are your allies? • In retrospect, would you plan differently if you were Gwen Lewis?
Summary Points on Urban Growth • Access points in the political system are important to outcomes • Activity by Federal and State governments matters • Learning across jurisdictions and metro areas • Problem of achieving collective action • Importance of behavioral incentives
Readings for Next Week • Three Readings: • Hula • Wernstedt and Hersh • NGA Reading • In-class Speaker • Papers are due!!!