Equity as a Decision Rule in Determining the Distribution of Urban Public Services.

Toulmin, Llewellyn M.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Equity as a Decision Rule in Determining the Distribution of Urban Public Services.

Toulmin, Llewellyn M.

Urban Affairs Quarterly, v23 n3 p389-413 Mar 1988

The Responsive Public Services system of Savannah, Georgia, is described and evaluated. The system measures output equality of conditions in all city neighborhoods so that resources can be targeted according to need. The system is analyzed in terms of theoretical literature on equality and the determinants of urban public service delivery. (Author/VM)

Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Delivery Systems, Municipalities, Neighborhoods, Political Power, Public Policy, Quality of Life, Urban Areas, Urban Problems

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