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What happens when metropolitan areas meet
Phenomenon of groups of cities growing to meet each other is growing in importance and in frequency; social habits, transportation system characteristics, density patterns, existing transportation facilities, and local governments all affect patterns of growth in intercity areas; proper planning can influence, to greater or lesser extent, all of these factors and thus create type of development deemed most desirable for region; most plans now being developed center around grids of freeways, with or without emphasis on creating "nodes of activity" or "metrotowns", that are planned for Baltimore-Washington area.
What happens when metropolitan areas meet
Phenomenon of groups of cities growing to meet each other is growing in importance and in frequency; social habits, transportation system characteristics, density patterns, existing transportation facilities, and local governments all affect patterns of growth in intercity areas; proper planning can influence, to greater or lesser extent, all of these factors and thus create type of development deemed most desirable for region; most plans now being developed center around grids of freeways, with or without emphasis on creating "nodes of activity" or "metrotowns", that are planned for Baltimore-Washington area.
What happens when metropolitan areas meet
ASCE -- Proc (J Urban Planning Development Div)
Voorhees, A.M. (author)
1966
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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