Municipal Property Acquisition Patterns in a Shrinking City: Evidence for the Persistence of an Urban Growth Paradigm in Buffalo, NY

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dc.contributor.authorSilverman, Robert Mark
dc.contributor.authorYin, Li
dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Kelly L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-12T20:50:14Z
dc.date.available2020-11-12T20:50:14Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-27
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to examine municipal property acquisition patterns in shrinking cities. We use data from the City of Buffalo’s municipal property auction records to analyze the spatial distribution of properties offered for sale in its annual tax foreclosure auction. In addition to these data, we examine demolition and building permit records. Our analysis suggests that cities like Buffalo follow strategies based on an urban growth paradigm when responding to abandonment. This paradigm operates under the assumption that growth is a constant and urban development is only limited by fiscal constraints, underdeveloped systems of urban governance, environmental degradation, and resistance by anti-growth coalitions. We recommend that planners in shrinking cities de-emphasize growth based planning and focus on rightsizing strategies. These strategies are based on the assumption that growth is not a constant. Consequently, urban revitalization is concentrated in a smaller urban footprint.
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dc.identifier.other12124040
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/73571
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: © 2015 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjecthousing
dc.subjectneighborhoods
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectincome inequality
dc.subjectbuffalo
dc.titleMunicipal Property Acquisition Patterns in a Shrinking City: Evidence for the Persistence of an Urban Growth Paradigm in Buffalo, NY
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