Revitalising Distressed Neighbourhoods - Quantitative Evaluation Approaches
A lecture by George Galster, Professor of Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, USA
Should we intervene in distressed urban neighbourhoods? If so, how will we quantitatively evaluate the performance of intervention? This lecture answers these questions in the context of American research and practice, using Richmond, Virginia’s "Neighbourhoods in Bloom" programme as a case study. There are not only equity but also efficiency rationales for intervention and the latter can be demonstrated by quantitative methods. Professor Galster will show how impacts of intervention can be assessed using his "adjusted interrupted time"model of impact evaluation.
Biography
Professor Galster has published over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters, primarily on the topics of metropolitan housing markets, racial discrimination and segregation, neighborhood dynamics, residential reinvestment, community lending and insurance patterns and urban poverty. This event has been jointly organised by AQMeN Edinburgh & Glasgow and the Scottish Housing Economics & Finance Research Network.
Date & Time
Monday 13th December 2010, 4-5.30pm.
Venue
Lecture Theatre 4, University of Edinburgh, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS
