Research Catalog

Title

Liquid city : megalopolis and the contemporary Northeast / John Rennie Short.

Author

Short, John R.

Publication

Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, [2007], ©2007.

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Description

xii, 185 pages : maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371-368 BCE. Though planned on a grand scale, the city failed to realize the dreams of the founders, and it declined by the late Roman period. In 1957, the renowned geographer Jean Gottman applied the term in his description of the densely populated area of the northeastern United States that includes the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington." "Liquid City is the first book to examine the social, economic, and demographic changes that have taken place in Megalopolis over the past fifty years. Nearly one in six Americans live in the modern Megalopolis, making it one of the largest city regions in the world. John Rennie Short juxtaposes Gottman's work with his own examination, providing a comprehensive assessment of the region's evolution. Particularly important are his use of 2000 Census data and his discussions of sources of identity, unity, and fragmentation in Megalopolis. Emphasizing the fluid, variable character of Megalopolis, this book focuses on five aspects of change: population redistribution from cities to suburbs; economic restructuring; immigration; patterns of racial/ethnic segregation; and the processes of globalization that have made Megalopolis one of the world's most influential economies."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Metropolitan areas > Middle Atlantic States
• Sociology, Urban > Middle Atlantic States
• Middle Atlantic States > Population
• Middle Atlantic States > Economic conditions > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-176) and index.

Contents

1. Revisiting megalopolis -- 2. Liquid city -- 3. Population dispersal and concentration -- 4. Economic restructuring -- 5. Immigration -- 6. Patterns of segregation -- 7. County diversity -- 8. Suburban difference -- 9. Urban neighborhoods -- 10. Megalopolis as a globalizing city region -- 11. Regional issues -- 12. Megalopolis and the future.

ISBN

• 9781933115498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1933115491 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9781933115504 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1933115505 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007011499

OCLC

• ocm86172923
• 86172923
• SCSB-5360528

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries