Cities Without Suburbs

By David Rusk

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Forecast• Author

• Key Terms and Purpose

• Characteristic

• Categories of Cities

• Public Policy and Government’s Role

David Rusk

• Mayor of Albuquerque, NM– 1977-1981– State legislator & worked in Civil Rights

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Key Terms and Purpose

• Elastic

• Inelastic

• Purpose– In the age of Urban Sprawl, Elastic cities are

healthy and growing while inelastic are troubled and declining

Rusk’s Stages of Elasticity

• 5 categories of elasticity– Hyper elasticity– High– Medium– Low– Zero elasticity

Characteristics

• Growth

• Economic

• Racial

Growth: Population

Growth: Age

Growth: City Limits

Growth: Suburbs

Growth: Affect of State Laws

Economy: Income Gap

Economy: Poverty

Economy: Deindustrialization

Economy: Job Creation

Economy: Bond Ratings

Racial: Segregation based on Elasticity

Racial: Segregation Economically and Racially

Characteristic Discussion

• Is the use of elastic and inelastic appropriate for comparing cities?

Categories of Cities

• Cities of Almost No Return

Categories of Cities• Cities without

Suburbs– 2 Standards

Policy Discussion

• What Policy changes would you make to solve the inelasticity of cities?

Public Policy and the Government’s Role

• Metropolitan Government– Policy recommendations

• State Government– Policy Recommendations

• Federal Government– Policy Recommendations

• Grassroots Movements

Review & Conclusion

• Review– Author – Key Terms and Purpose– Characteristics – Categories of Cities (2)– Public Policy and Government’s Role

• Conclusion– For a city to become more elastic, all levels of

government must work together.