Edge Cities: What Are They and What Ought to be their Future?
A
Lecture
for
The City in Disciplinary Perspective,
Professors R. Kargon and M. Crenson,
by
Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist
(April, 1996)
I. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM
POPClock Projection
US Popclock Projection Documentation
World POPClock
Total Midyear Population for the Worl 1950-2050
II. THE CURRENCY OF THE ISSUE Of FUTURE OF EDGE CITIES
A map of Fairfax and neighboring "Edge Cities" from Joel Garreau,
Edge Cties
(1991), p. 345
A recent Market Place analysis on NPR
III. DEFINING EDGE CITIES
NICK ASTER: A Helpful Guide to what Constitutes an "Edge City"
GOLD - City Profiles: ORLANDO
Joel Garreau at:
http://www.transdata.ca/trillium/pages/joel.html
IV. MARYLAND'S OWN EDGE CITY: Owings Mills
M. Stern--Owings Mills Project (local version from http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/stern/index.html)
M. Stern--Owings Mills Project (live web version)
V. BEYOND THE EDGE?- Orange County California
Beyond Edge Cities: The Dynamism of Postsuburban Regions by Kling, Olin, & Poster, U.C. Irvine
VI. TOWARDS A GLOBAL SOLUTION-Public Works and Public Transporation
A Suggestion for drawing the Edge Cities into a more integrated Urban World
making the most of existing transportation systems: The Beltways
making the most of existing transportation systems: The Allan/Weese Proposal
making the most of existing transportation systems: The Current Washington Subway
making the most of existing transportation systems: The Proposed Circle Line
CONCLUSION: What Should be next for Owings Mills and other Edge Cities?
©
Edward C. Papenfuse
, 1998