Are Central Business Districts(CBDS) Really Declining? An Analysis for U.S. and Canadian Urban Areas

Polèse, Mario et Chapain, Caroline (2000). Are Central Business Districts(CBDS) Really Declining? An Analysis for U.S. and Canadian Urban Areas Working Paper. Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montréal.

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We shall examine the relative position of CBDs for thirty-two metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 1995, using a centrality index based on the ratio (CBD / Suburbs) of rental prices for office space. As we shall see, no universal trend to CBD decline is discernable; major differences exist between cities and groups of cities. We shall attempt to explain observed differences in CBD centrality, using a regression model. We argue that observed differences are very sensitive to public policy and local conditions; specifically, that the relative weakness of CBDs in many U.S. urban areas is the result, not only of market forces, but also of public policy. We begin with a brief review of the literature where we attempt to demonstrate why there is no necessary contradiction between a strong CBD (or downtown-focused urban form) and the observed decentralization of economic activity.

Type de document:	Monographie (Working Paper)
Mots-clés libres:	villes; zones d'aimant; États Unis; Canada
Centre:	Centre Urbanisation Culture Société
Date de dépôt:	12 nov. 2020 21:22
Dernière modification:	12 nov. 2020 21:22
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/9422

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