2006 MPIP Community Indicators Report
This third edition of Where We Stand interprets conditions in communities across the greater Philadelphia region (defined as the central cities of Philadelphia and Camden plus the suburban counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery in Pennsylvania, along with Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem in New Jersey). Included in this report are two types of information:
(1) a set of social, environmental, and economic indicators portraying the quality of life in local communities
(2) a household survey conducted in Fall 2005 by Temple’s Institute for Survey Research which asked respondents across the region to evaluate the quality of life in their communities
This report also includes two sections contributed by collaborators at Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Research by Anita Summers and Joseph Gyourko at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania underlies chapter 2, which explores how communities in our region exert regulatory controls over residential land development—a public issue of significance in a region where concerns about suburban sprawl are mounting. Another special section comes from Temple sociologist Kimberly Goyette. An expert on the sociology of education, Goyette designed a portion of this year’s household survey and used the results to report in chapter 11 how residents of this region evaluate the quality of schools in their communities. We are grateful to these colleagues for their valuable contributions to our 2006 edition.
2006 Report
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Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The region’s communities
Chapter 2: Land-use regulations
Chapter 3: Diversity
Chapter 4: Family well-being
Chapter 5: Socioeconomic conditions
Chapter 6: Housing
Chapter 7: Regional transportation
Chapter 8: The regional economy
Chapter 9: Government and taxes
Chapter 10: Education
Chapter 11: School quality
Chapter 12: Environment
Chapter 13: Arts and culture
Chapter 14: Health
Technical appendix and endnotes
Map of region's communities
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