【摘要】U.S. post-war suburbanization has reshaped the spatial pattern of growth in manymetropolitan areas, with population and employment shift toward the suburbs resulting in the urbandecay of central cities. This being the case, the adoption of adequate anti-sprawl policies should leadto a reduction in city blight. Availability of detailed blight measures at the city level enables us toundertake a novel empirical analysis to test this hypothesis. The empirical specification presentedhere identifies the specific impact of more stringent anti-sprawl policies adopted at the metro level,proxied by the adoption of urban containment policies, on city blight. Results indicate that the adoptionof such policies has effectively contributed to the reduction of downtown deterioration.

【文献来源】Hortas‐Rico M.Journal of Regional Science.2015（2）