Re-framing the urban blight problem with trans-disciplinary insights from ecological economics

摘要: Abstract Similar to circumstances in the field of economics, market fundamentalism dominates urban blight policy spaces U.S. despite criticisms paradigm. Unlike unified alternative that ecological economics (EE) provides conventional economic theory, however, disagreement over meaning “blight” has prevented a commonly held pre-analytic vision and agenda from forming critical scholarship. This paper asserts “applied EE” offers framework which develop such vision, strengthen inchoate stream. We draw on EE theory concepts argue can be understood as stock accumulates an system result underinvestment into real property. Our conceptualization problem several important implications for public policy. A brief illustration compares relative efficacy one city's characteristically neoliberal policies with more “EE-consistent” second city show latter might fact outperform former.