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作者

Evelyn Blumenberg;Anne Brown;Kelcie Ralph;Brian D. Taylor;Carole Turley Voulgaris

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.40,Issue9,P.1375-1397

语言

英文

关键字

Urban living,young adults,residential location

作者单位

Institute of Transportation Studies, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, USA

摘要

Some have heralded a resurgence of urban living in the U.S., particularly among young adults. Are Americans abandoning suburbs in favor of more urban lifestyles? What is the scope and scale of this urban resurgence? We develop a typology of neighborhoods to analyze the residential location of young and older U.S. adults from 2000 to 2011–15. Census and national travel survey data reveal that suburban population growth continues to outpace that in urban neighborhoods. Although young adults are more likely than older adults to live in urban neighborhoods, recent urban population growth is neither associated with suburban decline, nor being led by young adults. Significant recent population growth in the newest, suburban neighborhoods suggests that greenfield development remains the primary means to increase American housing supply. Shifting metropolitan growth from the suburban fringe would likely require expanding housing supply in urban neighborhoods, and bringing urban amenities to established inner-ring suburbs.KEYWORDS: Urban living, young adults, residential locationAcknowledgmentsThis research was supported by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration and the University of California Center on Economic Competitiveness in Transportation. The authors are grateful for this support and are responsible for any errors or omissions.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe work was funded by the Federal Highway Administration and the University of California Center on Economic Competitiveness.