ARCH 357 Chapter Notes - Chapter of: Rust Belt, Sun Belt
Document Summary
Elmhurst in detroit, feels like a ghost town, with many abandoned and unoccupied buildings. Many of the american cities have been experiencing a loss of population, and they don"t seem to be in the process of ever regaining it. (rust belt) The reason for decline seems to be the loss of city characteristics. Decline was also provoked by the political management, who thought building new things would bring back success. The rust belt will only be reborn if it can break from recent past, that left it with many homes with no demand. Waterway transportation played a big role in making a city prosperous, nyc for example connected the hudson to the great lakes, at the price of doing so paid off. Agglomeration economies benefits that come from clustering in cities . Return to scale term describing that per unit costs are cheaper in bigger plants that produce more units.
