The Economies of Central City Neighborhoods

InThe Economies of Central City NeighborhoodsBingham and Zhang examine the location of industry employment in a variety of producer and consumer-oriented industries in relation to major neighborhood characteristics such as demographic, labor force, socioeconomic, and housing variables. While the primacy of poverty is an aspect of central city neighborhoods that drives the growth and decline of neighborhood economies, it implies the significance of effective intervention at early stages of neighborhood economic disintegration. Neighborhood cluster of industries suggests a direction of neighborhood redevelopment, and the pervasive spill-over effects of this necessitate the coordination among redevelopment initiatives of bordering neighborhoods.The research in this text contributes to the urban literature by providing an industry-by-industry analysis of the economies of central city sub-areas in Ohio. This study is informative and illuminating to central city revitalization/redevelopment planning and related efforts that often take place at the neighborhood level.

Richard D. Bingham is Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Cleveland State University where he is also a Senior Research Scholar of the Urban Center. He has published widely in economic development and is founding editor of Economic Development Quarterly. Zhongcai Zhang is Director of Market Research/Database Marketing at Ohio Savings Bank. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Research Associate at the Center for Urban Studies, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Buffalo. He has published in Economic Development Quarterly, Industry Week, Journal of the American Planning Association, and Urban Affairs Review. He has also authored and co-authored several research reports for the United States EPA and HUD. Richard D. Bingham is Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Cleveland State University where he is also a Senior Research Scholar of the Urban Center. He has published widely in economic development and is founding editor of Economic Development Quarterly. Zhongcai Zhang is Director of Market Research/Database Marketing at Ohio Savings Bank. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Research Associate at the Center for Urban Studies, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Buffalo. He has published in Economic Development Quarterly, Industry Week, Journal of the American Planning Association, and Urban Affairs Review. He has also authored and co-authored several research reports for the United States EPA and HUD.