From manufacturing belt, to rust belt, to college country
A visual narrative of US urban growth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4794841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Arribas-Bel (0000-0002-6274-1619, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Michiel Gerritse (0000-0001-6327-5456, University of Groningen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1241-1253 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a140387p |
| OpenAlex | W2030967201 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
What has shaped the US urban landscape? Probably, different forces worked at different magnitudes, times, and locations. In this paper we develop a methodology to disaggregate some of the engines of US city growth over time and across space. To understand the results we propose a visualization approach based on what we term storyboards, which create an intuitive and dynamic narrative on the effect of several factors of urban success. This allows us to show that the role of growth engines differs greatly: the rise and decline of manufacturing were very localized; industrial specialization is counterproductive, particularly so in the 1990s; service sectors used to be a consumption amenity, but now serve as a production amenity; and highly educated cities unambiguously and increasingly attract firms in any part of the US. We also note that the arguments for our visualization and its lessons bear implications for visualization in the social sciences beyond this particular example
Amenity · Art · Business · Data science · Economic geography · Geography · Narrative · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Visualization · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Artificial Intelligence · Marketing
Urbanization and city growth
Smart Cities, Big Data
The Rise of the Creative Class
Smart Cities
The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities
Inside the Rust Belt
Consumer city
Reinventing Boston
Making sense of the manufacturing belt
The economic value of cultural diversity
Rethinking human capital, creativity and urban growth
Wages, Rents, and the Quality of Life
Growth in Cities
The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the US Labor Market
Offshoring
The Growth of Finance
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |