Locked in and locked out : the impact of urban land use policy and market forces on African Americans / Benjamin F. Bobo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bobo, Benjamin F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy--United States.

Urban policy.

Alienation (Social psychology).

United States.

Land use, Urban--United States.

Land use, Urban.

African Americans--Housing.

African Americans.

Residential mobility--United States.

Residential mobility.

Zoning--United States.

Zoning.

Alienation (Social psychology)--United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Summary:

Analyzes the impact of urban planning, land use policy, and the free market on African Americans, locking them out of upscale neighborhoods and into decaying neighborhoods.

Contents:

1. Introduction: The Road to Conflict 1

2. Market Zoning: The Free Market and the Locking Effect 13

3. Public Zoning: Exacerbating the Locking Effect 23

4. Lot Size and the Locking Effect: Empirical Evidence 37

5. Lender Apathy: De Facto Land Use Control 43

6. Rent Control: Between a Rock and a Hard Place 49

7. By-Products of Land Use Control: The Long Arm of the Locking Effect 63

8. Financial Implications of the Locking Effect 69

9. Disenfranchised and Grieving: The Precipitating Event 97.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-143) and index.

ISBN:

0275967549

OCLC:

45618349