Edgeless Cities: The Result Of Sprawl?
5 November 2000 - 1:00pm
The Brookings Institute coins a new term: Edgeless cities. Is this the end result of sprawl?
"Office space has been moving away from downtowns to suburban cities for decades, but a study out today shows that more jobs are creeping out even farther in a never-never land called 'edgeless cities.'More than one-third of office space in the 13 largest metropolitan areas is in low-rise buildings spread throughout semi-rural areas. These edgeless cities have no names because they're scattered across several municipalities. The office space is in low-rise buildings and warehouses that house shipping operations, phone centers, back offices of larger companies and medical laboratories."
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'Edgeless cities' defy growth control
Source:
USA Today, October 30, 2000
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