ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT

In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 352, S. 48-61

Abstract

The Ur gov admin'or may soon receive greater help from sci, which can provide him with informational & rational bases from which to strive for excellence. Ur interaction analysis, endproduct-oriented program budgeting, effectiveness analysis, & computerized information flow systems for planning & operating purposes hold promise for better decisions. Large-scale metropolitan consolidation has turned out to be an unlikely remedy for metropolitan problems. New voluntary forms of co-operation, made effective by state & federal financial inducements, are being proposed and tried. Many considerations point to a gov serving 100,000 to 250,000 people as being of ideal size. Because of certain fiscal considerations, the suggestion is that the federal gov should assume increasing financial responsibility for those services with major interstate benefit & cost spillovers & in which income redistribution plays an important role. By the same rule, federal financing of public housing, Ur renewal, community development, air-pollution control, Ur transportation, & water projects should be de-emphasized, except in multi-state areas. Greater assumption of financial responsibilities by the federal gov for such costly services as educ, health, & welfare should free state funds. In turn, states would be in a position to act more aggressively in guiding & aiding cities, townships, & counties. AA.