Reluctant Cities, Colonias and Municipal Underbounding in the US Can Cities Be Convinced to Annex Poor Enclaves?

• Published in: Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 50; no. 14; pp. 2959 - 2975
• Main Authors: Mukhija, Vinit, Mason, David R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.11.2013; SAGE Publications; Longman Group; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: America; Annexation; Annexation and separation; Bgi / Prodig; California; Censuses; Cities; Decision Making; Federalism; Funding; Hispanics; Housing; Infrastructure; Institutions; Local Government; Low income groups; Metropolitan areas; Neighborhoods; Neighbourhoods; Pacific; Race; Reform; Retirement communities; U.S.A; United States; United States of America; Urban Areas; Urban planning; United States of America; California; United States > US; Role of the State; Public service; Urban policy; Financing; Neighbourhood; Infrastructure; Social geography; Community; Decision

Scholars typically study affluent neighbourhoods resisting annexation by poorer adjacent cities. This paper focuses on the mirror image of this problem: municipal underbounding—the unwillingness of cities to annex poor neighbouring areas. In the paper, such local governments are called reluctant cit...