Keeping up the Neighborhood: Estimating Net Effects of Zoning

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A political dimension is added to a framework of urban ecology by examining the impact of zoning on housing and population growth within the Chicago metropolitan area. Looking at the social and demographic changes within a sample of 395 central city and suburban tracts, the analyses model the effects of zoning on growth from 1960 to 1970. Findings show that by regulating the types of housing that may be included within local areas, zoning affects local housing availability and hence the socioeconomic composition of sub-areas in the Chicago SMSA. Such findings suggest that the urban ecology framework requires modification to account for the influence of political processes.

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