1. Inequality, Governance, & Policy in the Metropolitan Region PBAF 560/URBDP 560

2. Metropolitan Areas in Context What do we mean by urban? Metropolitan? Given today’s readings & your own experience – what is the most important problem facing metropolitan regions in the 21st century? What is one thing class should know about you?

3. What is Urban/Metro? Social and cultural center of region; buffered by agriculture Borders of Seattle; limits of easy access to city core; infrastructure Different from rural; more infra structure/needs met close by Urban<> metro; urban is in the city Density**, zoning regs (mixed use); metro=fewer services Larger cities as center of activity; metro surrounds it Population size (concentration); metro=network of people who live work and play; several cities Strict: economists: concentration land/size/people metro: one urbanized area/other cities, too. Economically interdependent Cosmopolitan*=draw of city center/arts/culture/diversity of activity NYC: urban: density, could be smaller and larger’ metropolitan=all surrounding areas Strict: 50,000+ pop Density threshold/metro: adjacency of cities Scale Urban vs rural Key Problem? w/ econ downturn, longer-term econ transformation; and free trade impacts Pop density/ lack of sustainabilty in conversion of agri land to housing/cars. Etc… Air pollution, housing prices, infrastructure Homogenization of city urban design Maintaining relevance (economic globalization) Funding issues tied to econ downturn; sustainability of city finance Seoul: housing affordability* probs in job centers Environmental issues. Transport**/pollution*/access to safe water. Designing attractive and sustainable urbanizing places Segregation/uneven development/ how manage growth. Aging infrastructure and dwindling tax bases. Increasing segregation within cities/decay of urban core Achieving equity in access to services. Inequality** among cities and neighborhoods: how address without hurting “Success” Sprawl Food desert Large pops

4. A time of transformation…  Uneven metropolitan growth  Decentralization of metropolitan areas (suburbanization)—continuing 20th century trend.  Spatial mismatch (jobs, people)  Concentrated poverty/social isolation (uneven)  Racial and economic segregation  Tax/service disparities  MANY Metropolitan governance & governance structures  Housing quality up, housing affordability down. Homeownership 67% nationally  Occur in a context of technological change and globalization

5. Definitions  Metropolitan Area  Area with a large population nucleus, together with adjacent communities having a high degree of social and economic integration with that core. Metropolitan areas comprise one or more entire counties, except in New England, where cities and towns are the basic geographic units. (Census)  Metropolitan Statistical Area: Urban core of 50,000+ (OMB)  Micropolitan Statistical Area: Urban core of 10,000-50000 (OMB)  Urban  1,000 persons per square mile and has a total population of 2,500 or more. All territory outside urban areas is defined as rural. (Census)  20% of the national population is rural  20% of the population in metro counties are rural  Proportion people living in places of 100,000 or more (Davis)  Sociological definition  Dense, Heterogeneous, Populous

6. Framework What is the problem? What are the major trends influencing the problem? What policy solutions have been taken to deal with the problem? Who are the stakeholders and what are their perspectives? What is the key dimension of the problem? On what basis would we say a policy solution has been a success? For whom?

7. Class Logistics Syllabus and class structure – Reading, participation and assignments – Class discussion – Guidelines and Obligations Class workspace – https://catalysttools.washington.edu/workspace/kleit/3367/14670 https://catalysttools.washington.edu/workspace/kleit/3367/14670 Exercise I – Who will take the next class? Discussion Questions – Start next week

8. Local trends Population of Cities and Towns Changes in Minority Population