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TESTING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY HYPOTHESIS: A STUDY OF THE LOS
ANGELES REGION
by
Ajay Agarwal
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PLANNING)
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Ajay Agarwal
Object Description
| Title | Testing the entrepreneurial city hypothesis: a study of the Los Angeles region |
| Author | Agarwal, Ajay |
| Author email | ajayagar@usc.edu; foragarwal@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Planning |
| School | School of Policy, Planning, and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-04-09 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-07-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Giuliano, Genevieve |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Richardson, Harry W. Redfearn, Christian L. Moore, James E., II |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines the role of local governments in the evolution of metropolitan spatial structure, particularly with respect to the growth of employment centers -- locations with significant concentration of economic activity and hence employment. The study is conducted in two parts: one, quantitative analysis of employment center growth in the Los Angeles region between 1990-2000; and two, detailed qualitative case studies of two cities: Pasadena and Burbank.; For the quantitative analysis, employment center growth is regressed as a function of local development policies and a set of control variables. The Los Angeles region is ideal for study: more than 150 cities and many employment centers make a systematic analysis possible. The findings from the analysis suggest that economic forces prevail over local development policies in affecting the emergence and growth of employment centers. Overall, employment center growth appears to be a part of the larger decentralization phenomenon. Firms value access to the labor force and hence jobs follow people. As population decentralizes, so do jobs. There is some indication that local government policies tend to be largely reactive. For example, locations experiencing high employment growth have higher incidence of strong growth control policies whereas locations facing employment losses have high incidence of strong growth promotion policies.; The case studies substantiate the findings from the quantitative analysis. The case studies indicate that there may be differences between enactment of growth control policies and their actual enforcement. Local governments may choose to selectively enforce growth controls by way of granting conditional use permits that override growth control ordinances. Cities want to pursue growth of sales tax revenues because property taxes are constrained by Proposition 13. The case studies also indicate that often a local government’s actions are conditioned by unexpected market conditions over which municipalities have no control. |
| Keyword | employment center; urban spatial structure; growth management |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles; Pasadena; Burbank |
| Coverage date | 1990/2000 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2321 |
| Rights | Agarwal, Ajay |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Agarwal-2891 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Agarwal-2891.pdf |
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| Full text | TESTING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY HYPOTHESIS: A STUDY OF THE LOS ANGELES REGION by Ajay Agarwal A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PLANNING) August 2009 Copyright 2009 Ajay Agarwal |
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