Can Neighborhood Planning in Shrinking Cities Achieve Demolition Goals? A Conformance and Performance Evaluation of Neighborhood Action Plans in Youngstown, Ohio
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Author(s)
Gao, Shuqi
Ryan, Brent D.
Date Issued
September 3, 2020
Journal
Journal of Planning Education and Research
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
Gao, S., & Ryan, B. D. (2024). Can Neighborhood Planning in Shrinking Cities Achieve Demolition Goals? A Conformance and Performance Evaluation of Neighborhood Action Plans in Youngstown, Ohio. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 44(1), 143-164.
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Abstract
We examine conformance and performance dimensions of demolition recommendations in seven “Neighborhood Action Plans” (NAPs) issued between 2015 and 2017 in the shrinking city of Youngstown, Ohio. We use geographic information systems (GIS) to compare plan-suggested and actual demolitions. We examine whether overall statistics are similar and who was responsible for demolition. We conduct interviews with informants to understand causality. We find that NAPs are better implemented from performance than from conformance perspectives, but that nongovernmental organization (Land Bank) demolitions conformed more closely than local government. Interviewees provided several causes: procedural differences, overlapping responsibilities, influence of political decision makers on plan implementation, and shifting NAP goals.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456x20940782
