A new study reveals new understanding about how restrictive land use regulations in urban areas affect economic segregation across metropolitan areas.
Richard Florida digs into the implications of a new study from researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Health that examines the impacts of land use regulations on income segregation.
Michael C. Lensa and Paavo Monkkonena authored the study, "Do Strict Land Use Regulations Make Metropolitan Areas More Segregated by Income?" for the Journal of the American Planning Association. According to Florida, the study "uses new and better measures for both segregation and land use restrictions to examine this relationship in 95 large metropolitan areas in 2000 and 2010."
Florida takes a close look at four of the study's primary findings: 1) Density restrictions isolate the wealthy, 2) Restrictions in both cities and suburbs matter, 3) Local government restrictions contribute to segregation, and 4) State involvement can temper segregation.
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The States Losing Rural Delivery Rooms at an Alarming Pace
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