Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding and other Area Community Development Targeting Approaches As Public Policy to Reduce Poverty and Improve Social Mobility, Social Integration and Cultural Assimilation of Minority Population:

Author

John V. Dawson

Graduation Semester and Year

2016

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning and Public Policy

Department

City and Regional Planning

First Advisor

Ardeshir Anjomani

Abstract

This research is an expansion of previous research to study and provide empirical evidence on the influence that Community Block Grant (CDBG) funding has on the improvement of social mobility for low-income minority population in primarily concentrated and segregated low income minority neighborhoods. The study examines and evaluates changes in select elements based on Census 2000 and Census 2010 data for specific Block Groups within a Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA). The study evaluates targeted areas within the Fort Worth-Dallas areas and examines the change of four (4) important key social economic elements to social mobility for low-income minorities for the ten (10) year period between 2000 and 2010. Those elements are: 1) Employment/Unemployment, 2) Income levels, 3) homeownership and 4) Education attainment. The minorities studied are Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos and Asians since they comprise the majority of the minority populations in the targeted areas. Whites that are located in the targeted areas and considered low income will be used as the baseline for quantifying the changes and measurements in the socio economic conditions for the comparison of the two Block Group categories in relation to the other low-income minority groups. The research will also evaluate the difference between males and females of the same ethnicity within the selected targeted neighborhoods.

Keywords

CDBG, Public policy

Disciplines

Architecture | Urban, Community and Regional Planning

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Dawson, John V., "Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding and other Area Community Development Targeting Approaches As Public Policy to Reduce Poverty and Improve Social Mobility, Social Integration and Cultural Assimilation of Minority Population:" (2016). Planning Dissertations. 59.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/planning_dissertations/59