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Title: The annexation threat: local government boundary changes, race, and the formation of new cities
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2022
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ISSN: 02723638
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2020.1858602
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Abstract: One prominent explanation for municipal incorporation – i.e., the formation of new cities – is that it is a defensive response to the threat of annexation posed by neighboring cities. In this paper, we conduct cross-sectional regression analyses to examine the relationship between race, municipal annexation, and municipal incorporation between 2000 and 2010. Our results suggest that annexation by neighboring cities plays a key role in driving municipal incorporation activity in the U.S.; cities that are next to unincorporated majority-white communities tend to annex more aggressively than those next to majority-minority communities, likely as a result of racially selective annexation efforts; majority-white communities are more likely to incorporate in response to the encroachment via annexation of the nearest city; and communities that have higher shares of non-Hispanic whites than the annexing city are especially likely to use incorporation as a defensive strategy to prevent annexation.
Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723638.2020.1858602
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Authors: Durst, Noah J.; Wang, Weijing; Li, Wei
Periodical (Full): Urban Geography
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Pages: 364-386
Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Race and Ethnicity
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