MODEL CITIES PROGRAM - A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPATING CITIES - PROCESS, PRODUCT, PERFORMANCE, AND PREDICTION

• NCJ Number: 25202
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 54 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Housing and Urban Development
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Housing and Urban Development; Marshall Kaplan, Gans, and Kahn
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

GENERALIZATIONS ON THE RESPONSE OF 147 PARTICIPATING CITIES RELATED WHERE POSSIBLE TO THE FINDINGS OF A DETAILED 21 CITY STUDY.

Abstract

INTERVIEWS WITH HUD STAFF AND CDA DIRECTORS, COMBINED WITH USE OF A QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED BY MODEL CITY OFFICIALS AT BOTH THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVEL, PROVIDED DATA CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS AND FIRST YEAR OF ACTION IN ALL MODEL CITIES. THE CENTRAL THRUST OF THE 21-CITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND CASE STUDIES INVOLVED THE DEFINITION AND ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE PLANNING AND ACTION YEAR APPROACHES TAKEN IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. SPECIFICALLY, FIVE RESPONSE PATTERNS OR SYSTEMS WERE IDENTIFIED. EACH WAS RELATED TO THE DEGREE OF RESIDENT AND STAFF INFLUENCE IN LOCAL PLANNING AND ACTION YEAR DECISION-MAKING. CHAPTER ONE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OUTLINE OF THE 21-CITY STUDY AND A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE CONCLUSIONS EMANATING FROM THIS STUDY'S ANALYSIS OF THE MODEL CITIES RESPONSE PATTERN OF ALL 147 PARTICIPATING CITIES. CHAPTER TWO RELATES RESPONSE PATTERNS UNCOVERED IN THE STUDY OF 21 CITIES TO ALL MODEL CITIES. IT TESTS THE DEGREE TO WHICH THESE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR HELP EXPLAIN THE MODEL CITIES ACTIVITIES OF ALL CITIES. CHAPTERS THREE AND FOUR RELATE RESPONSE PATTERNS TO SELECT INDICES DESCRIPTIVE OF THE OUTCOME OF THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM, THAT IS, TO MODEL CITY PLANS, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, AND PROJECT INITIATION. THESE CHAPTERS PRESENT EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A DISTINCT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CERTAIN TYPES OF RESPONSE PATTERNS AND CITY PERFORMANCE WITH RESPECT TO MODEL CITIES. CHAPTER FIVE ANALYZES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INITIAL SELECTION PROCESS AND ULTIMATE CITY PERFORMANCE IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. IT CLEARLY SUGGESTS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB IF IT HAD A MORE SYSTEMIZED WAY OF ANALYZING CITY CHARACTERISTICS. IT INDICATES THE NEED FOR MORE PRECISE FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CITY DIFFERENCES IN DEVELOPING CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND IN DEVELOPING STRATEGIES WITH RESPECT TO BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY. FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ-25201, NCJ-25203, AND NCJ-25204. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)