ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the industrial structure of central-city neighborhoods. The literature makes clear that economies are regional, and that these regions are much larger than central-city neighbourhoods. The chapter describes a few significant linkages between the socioeconomic characteristics of central-city neighborhoods and industrial clusters. The most important of these in central cities is the strong linkage between producer and personal services and middle-class neighborhoods. It examines the social/industrial linkages that exist in central-city neighborhoods. The chapter also examines and explains the social/industrial structures of Ohio central cities. In an effort to merge both the neighborhood and industrial factors with the reality of urban neighborhoods, the chapter provides factor scores for each of the identifiable factors for each zip code for Ohio central cities. It discusses the distinctive characteristics of the central-city neighborhoods of Ohio's seven central cities. The seven central cities are Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown.
