Edgeless Cities

"Edgeless Cities: Exploring the Elusive Metropolis," by Robert Lang,identifies, names, and probes America's newest metropolitan form byexamining the growth and spatial structure of office development in 13large U.S. markets... In the book, Lang reveals that in these markets "Edgeless Cities" -- zones of isolated office buildings constructed atvarying densities across vast swaths of urban space-now contain the bulkof those regions' office space. Lang closes with a broad-rangingdiscussion of the significant challenges policymakers will face asEdgeless Cities continue to spread. Read Chapter 1 and purchase thebook at the Brookings site.