NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE AND URBAN-POLICY

Theories of neighborhood change have concentrated on explaining che pr ocess within one disciplinary paradigm despite repeated calls for a mo del with a multidisciplinary perspective. Consequently, policies ro st abilize neighborhoods tend ro be theoretically myopic with respect to their recommended course of action. This article provides a synthetic model of neighborhood change based on three major schools of neighborh ood change: ecological, subcultural, and political economy. In additio n, it provides a discussion of policy implications of each perspective including the synthetic model outlined in this paper.