Edge City: Life on the New Frontier
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Edge City: Life on the New Frontier is a nonfiction book by Joel Garreau that analyzes the rise of suburban business and commercial hubs as a transformative new form of urban development in late 20th-century America.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edge City: Life on the New Frontier canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
nonfiction book
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sociology book ⓘ urban studies book ⓘ |
| author | Joel Garreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorEmployerAtTimeOfWriting | The Washington Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
futurist
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journalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| defines | edge city as a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown ⓘ |
| describedAs | influential work on edge cities ⓘ |
| describesAs | new form of urban development ⓘ |
| examines |
economic restructuring of American cities
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relationship between highways and development ⓘ social implications of suburban growth ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
metropolitan peripheries
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suburban business hubs ⓘ suburban commercial hubs ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
debates about suburbanization in the United States
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discussions of postwar metropolitan form ⓘ |
| hasPart | case studies of U.S. metropolitan areas ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
American studies
NERFINISHED
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urban geography ⓘ urban planning ⓘ urban sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
popular understanding of suburban office clusters
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urban planning discourse in the 1990s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
edge city
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late 20th-century American cities ⓘ suburban development ⓘ urban development ⓘ urban sprawl ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
automobile-oriented development
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polycentric metropolitan structure ⓘ shift of jobs from downtowns to suburbs ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Nine Nations of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | United States metropolitan regions ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in cities
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policy makers ⓘ scholars of urban studies ⓘ urban planners ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 20th century ⓘ |
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