Metropolitan governance structure and growth–inequality dynamics in the United States

Cho, Jaewoo; Kim, Jae Hong; Kim, Yonsu

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“…Within metropolitan areas, government cooperation between cities and the spatial integration of the labor and housing markets are conducive to land use management [31,32]. However, cases from different fields worldwide have shown that socioeconomic contradictions and imbalances inevitably and universally exist within metropolitan areas [33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. Internal imbalance results in competition and conflict in land policy and development and brings new land use management challenges to metropolitan areas [40].…”

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Land Use Change in the Cross-Boundary Regions of a Metropolitan Area: A Case Study of Tongzhou-Wuqing-Langfang

Dai

Zhan

Shu

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Since the 1980s, metropolitan areas have increased worldwide due to urbanization and regionalization. While the spatial integration of the labor and housing markets has benefitted the development of cities within metropolitan areas, they have also brought great challenges for land governance; this is particularly evident in cross-boundary regions due to the complex relations between the markets and the regulations and between governments at different levels. Extensive research has been conducted on the city-level analysis of socioeconomic integration, land use development, and urban governance within metropolitan areas; yet, it is insufficient for understanding the intricate interplay between the various forces in such regions. This study aims to reveal the dynamics of land use change from 1990–2020 and its driving forces in the recent decade in the Tongzhou-Wuqing-Langfang (TWL) region—a typical cross-boundary area between Beijing, Tianjin, and the Hebei Metropolitan Area—using Landsat imagery. We employed the land-use dynamic degree, kernel density analysis, principal component analysis, and multiple linear regression to explore the spatiotemporal patterns of land use change and its driving factors at the district/county level. The results show that the general land use changes from cultivated and forest land to urban and rural construction land across the region. The speed of the trend varies considerably over time between different areas as the land use policies and regulations of each local government change. The population growth and the tertiary and secondary industry growth are the main driving factors for the change in construction land across the whole TWL region, while the urbanization rate and fixed asset investment have different impacts across the cross-boundary region. The results suggest that expanding the integration of land use policies and regulations in the cross-boundary region is urgently required.

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Land Use Change in the Cross-Boundary Regions of a Metropolitan Area: A Case Study of Tongzhou-Wuqing-Langfang

Dai

Zhan

Shu

et al. 2022

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“…Furthermore, consistent with public health expenditure patterns, the proportions of these expenditures, except public welfare, had negative associations with political fragmentation. These findings suggest that individuals residing in a more fragmented county may not receive the same benefit from the social services spending, as well as public health expenditure, and the reduced spending may be associated with interjurisdictional competition that is likely to arise in a fragmented setting [42].…”

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What drives variations in public health and social services expenditures? the association between political fragmentation and local expenditure patterns

Kim

2021

Eur J Health Econ

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The US spends two times more than the OECD average in health expenditure but has a much smaller portion of public health spending to total health expenditure than other OECD countries. While it has been suggested that public health and social services spending is crucial to promoting health outcomes, less is known about what drives variations in public health expenditure across regions. This study aims to examine whether fragmented structure of local governance is associated with variations in public health and social services expenditures. Using the US Census of Governments, we constructed a panel dataset of political fragmentation and local government spending patterns (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) for 792 US counties (population > 60,882, top 25%) and employed Least Squares Dummy Variable (LSDV) and Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) models. We found that per capita public health spending tended to be smaller in areas where the degree of political fragmentation was higher (Coef: -0.034; p <0.01), particularly when general-purpose governments were more fragmented (Coef: -0.087; p <0.001). The proportion of public health spending decreased when local governments were more fragmented (Coef: -0.012; p<0.001). Social services expenditures and their proportions to total government expenditure fell with an increase in the degree of political fragmentation. Our findings suggest that fragmented governance settings, in which localities are more likely to face competition with others, may lead to a reduction in public spending essential for population health and that political fragmentation can also have a deterrent effect on broader categories of health-related social services spending.

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“…Growing evidence exists of a disconnect between growth imperatives and issues of social and environmental justice. Indeed, Cho, Hong Kim, and Kim's [56] study on US MSAs demonstrates that neither centralised nor decentralised government structures are effective in narrowing income gaps: addressing one (income inequality) may aggravate the other (economic growth), and vice versa. However, without some coordination above the level of local government, disconnected land-use policies that thwart effective and connected infrastructural development will continue, and strong opposition from local residents and communities to specific forms of enhanced land-use efficiency-e.g., increased densification-will prevail.…”

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Governing the Metropolis: An International Review of Metropolitanisation, Metropolitan Governance and the Relationship with Sustainable Land Management

Moore‐Cherry

Kayanan

Tomaney

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Recent research has identified the potential of the metropolitan scale, and indeed metropolitan bodies, in achieving greater coordination and more effective land-use management. In this paper, we have undertaken a systematic scoping review of the English-language literature (2014–2019) on metropolitanisation and metropolitan governance, with a view to understanding the potential relationship with more sustainable land management. Our scoping review identified several dominant trends within current research on metropolitanisation and metropolitan governance illustrating the complexity between sustainable land management and issues of territorial politics, resourcing, and power relations. The centrality of collaborative working relationships in supporting sustainable land management is identified, yet collaboration and effective metropolitan scale governance is not always an easy task or readily implemented. The paper identifies a series of challenges and concludes that while there is general consensus that the metropolitan arena may be an appropriate scale through which to support more sustainable land management, there is no agreement on the mechanisms to enable this. Steering and more strongly directing metropolitanisation processes through either formal metropolitan governance structures or other tools could provide a potential approach but will require significant adaptation in power and funding structures.

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Metropolitan governance structure and growth–inequality dynamics in the United States

Cited by 4 publications

References 67 publications

Land Use Change in the Cross-Boundary Regions of a Metropolitan Area: A Case Study of Tongzhou-Wuqing-Langfang

Land Use Change in the Cross-Boundary Regions of a Metropolitan Area: A Case Study of Tongzhou-Wuqing-Langfang

What drives variations in public health and social services expenditures? the association between political fragmentation and local expenditure patterns

Governing the Metropolis: An International Review of Metropolitanisation, Metropolitan Governance and the Relationship with Sustainable Land Management

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