From Naptown to Sportstown : growth politics, urban development, and economic change in Indianapolis
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kimberly S. Schimmel (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Janet Harris
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the construction and implementation of Indianapolis' urban growth strategy and to assess its impact on the local employment and wage structure. An analytical case study encompassing the years from 1960 to 1990, was developed to provide an integrated view of the historical, social, and political forces that defined the conditions in which this strategy was embedded. Information gathered to develop this case study included planning documents, minutes from public hearings, consultants' analyses and reports, newspaper accounts, and numerous miscellaneous texts. In addition, the author conducted formal interviews with key Indianapolis government, business, and community leaders. Covered employment and wages data were utilized to assess the ways in which Indianapolis' economic and wage structure evidenced change from 1980 to 1990. Location quotients were calculated to compare Indianapolis' economic structural change to that of the nation. Wage data were analyzed to ascertain the annualized average wages associated with the jobs created or lost in the Indianapolis economy between 1980 and 1990.
From Naptown to Sportstown : growth politics, urban development, and economic change in Indianapolis
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- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1994
- Subjects
- Professional sports $x Economic aspects $z Indiana $z Indianapolis
- Indianapolis (Ind.) $x Economic conditions
- Indianapolis (Ind.) $x Politics and government
- Indianapolis (Ind.) $x Social conditions