By Janet Rothenberg Pack
Whereas the suburbs of such a lot metropolitan parts are wealthier than their city opposite numbers, fast local development can enhance the welfare of either urban and suburb. during this textual content, the writer identifies development traits that experience contributed to the convergence of welfare between areas.
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Toledo, Ohio Erie, Pa. 10 a. Defined as (population in 1990 – population in 1960)/population in 1960. nological changes, and market forces all played important roles in the process. Technological changes in manufacturing production, transportation, and communications and more capital-intensive agricultural innovations encouraged a shift from earlier regional economic specialization. The development of air conditioning, the aging of the population, and increases in international competition propelled growth and development in the South and West; lower wages and the absence of unions in the South attracted labor-intensive industries from the Northeast and Midwest.
Percent Change in City Population in the 1960s Map 1-8. Percent Change in City Population in the 1970s Map 1-9. Percent Change in City Population in the 1980s Map 1-10. Percent Change in Metropolitan Income per Capita in the 1960s Map 1-11. Percent Change in Metropolitan Income per Capita in the 1970s Map 1-12. Percent Change in Metropolitan Income per Capita in the 1980s Map 1-13. Percent Change in Suburban Income per Capita in the 1960s Map 1-14. Percent Change in Suburban Income per Capita in the 1970s Map 1-15.
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