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Challenges and Opportunities of an Inner-Ring Suburb: A Case Study of Whitehall, Ohio

Mendive, Juan Sebastian
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1546570184546722

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2019, Master of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, City and Regional Planning.
Metropolitan regions across the United States have witnessed significant changes in recent decades. Evidence suggests that among these changes, suburban decline and poverty are social phenomena creating new challenges for metropolitan areas. While suburbs are often portrayed as places with few problems and places of prosperity, recent findings suggest otherwise (Hanlon, 2010; Kneebone and Nadeau, 2015). Lucy and Phillips (2000) coined this new suburban reality the era of suburban decline. The new challenges as a result of the social changes that have occurred in the era of suburban decline demand innovative policy responses. To explore these changes, a case study of Whitehall, Ohio was conducted. Whitehall, an inner-ring suburb in the Columbus metropolitan area has undergone significant changes including increasing poverty rates, growth of its foreign-born population, and population fluctuations. Using mixed methods and semi-structured interviews with public officials, this case study explores the changes that have occurred in Whitehall over the past 18 years, identifies the community’s existing challenges and opportunities, and discusses policy recommendations to address suburban change and decline. The findings of this study suggest that it may be necessary to reframe suburban poverty and decline and view inner-ring suburbs from a new perspective that reflects the demographic shifts occurring in metropolitan areas across the country.
Bernadette Hanlon, Dr. (Advisor)
Jason Reece, Dr. (Committee Member)
73 p.
Urban Planning
suburbs; inner-ring suburbs; older suburbs; suburban decline; suburban change; suburban poverty; suburban redevelopment; metropolitan changes; Whitehall

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  • Mendive, J. S. (2019). Challenges and Opportunities of an Inner-Ring Suburb: A Case Study of Whitehall, Ohio [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1546570184546722

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mendive, Juan. Challenges and Opportunities of an Inner-Ring Suburb: A Case Study of Whitehall, Ohio. 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1546570184546722.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mendive, Juan. "Challenges and Opportunities of an Inner-Ring Suburb: A Case Study of Whitehall, Ohio." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1546570184546722

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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