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Agarwal, Ajay.

Testing the entrepreneurial city hypothesis: A study of the Los Angeles region.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Testing the entrepreneurial city hypothesis: A study of the Los Angeles region.
Author:	Agarwal, Ajay.
Description:	141 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: A, page: 2760.
Notes:	Adviser: Genevieve Giuliano.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-07A.
Subject:	Urban and Regional Planning.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3368483
ISBN:	9781109291964

Testing the entrepreneurial city hypothesis: A study of the Los Angeles region.
Agarwal, Ajay.

Testing the entrepreneurial city hypothesis: A study of the Los Angeles region. - 141 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: A, page: 2760.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 2009.

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.

ISBN: 9781109291964Subjects--Topical Terms:

212416
Urban and Regional Planning.

Testing the entrepreneurial city hypothesis: A study of the Los Angeles region.
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520 $a The case studies substantiate the findings from 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.
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