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Title: Growth, Decline, Rebirth: Quantifying Regional and Local Outcomes in the Midwest Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), 1970-2010
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2021
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Abstract: As cities across the United States continue to face considerable economic and social change, public officials, planners, and researchers seek to understand the dimensions of change. One of the failures of U.S. planning has been disregarding the larger multiple county regional context when analyzing cities (Gerkens, 2000). Ignoring the development of these multi-county regions, or Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), and their specific characteristics results in weak policy and planning responses. Analyzing data from an MSA perspective can provide a more comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing cities and the regions they fall within (Malecki, 2007). Addressing the gaps in knowledge about how and why cities change must remain a primary focus of planning research. One of the regions facing considerable change is the Midwest. This region contains eleven states as defined by the Census Bureau (U.S. Census, 1995). Since the 1970s, the Midwest has experienced significant economic changes that have further impacted social outcomes. Globalization remains central to many of these changes, having a measured impact on the Midwest’s industrial identity (Florida, 2016). The Midwest did not have a singular response to globalization and other economic forces. This has resulted in varying degrees of economic and social health for different localities within the region (Austin & Hitch, 2020). Despite significant research about how Midwest and its MSAs have changed since 1970, policy recommendations still fall short of providing a comprehensive solution to some of the Midwest’s most significant problems (Clark & Doussard, 2019). It is still unclear why specific MSAs in the Midwest have changed and how this contributes to the identity of the Midwest as a region. This analysis seeks to highlight some future areas for research and further consideration. This research project aims to provide a more focused analysis of the variables impacting economic and community development within the Midwest region. Deeper knowledge of the trends in regional change can inform further research and policy recommendations for Midwestern MSAs. This research project utilizes Principal Component Analysis to identify significant trends in the Midwest region’s measures of economic and social health and compare individual MSA trends in comparison with one another. These objectives are pursued to provide a more comprehensive understanding of change at the regional and local level in the Midwest to better inform future research and decisions made by public officials and planners.
Url: https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/92601/Samuel_Mattern_Final_Thesis.pdf?sequence=1
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Authors: Mattern, Samuel
Institution: The Ohio State University
Department: City and Regional Planning in the Knowlton School
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Publisher Location: Columbus
Pages: 1-41
Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization
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