AN EMERGING MEGACITY CORRIDOR: LINKING METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THE SOUTH EASTERN UNITED STATES
There are two distinct types of megacities. The first, and possibly the more recognized, is the single metropolitan area with 10 million or more people. The second is a megacity that can be described as an urban archipelago, a corridor of metropolitan areas. This pattern of growth is characteristic of the emergences of megacities in America. Recent and projected development patterns illustrate a developing megacity corridor in the southeastern United States. This new corridor starts in Raleigh-Durham, NC, and continues southwest through Charlotte, NC, and Atlanta, GA, ultimately ending in Birmingham, AL. This paper explores this southeastern US megacity using historic and projected population and employment patterns, traffic volumes, and work commute patterns. In acknowledgement of this emerging megacity, we explore the implications of this trend from a sustainability perspective, finding that an expanded, multimodal, and more diversified transportation system and collective policy action may become increasingly necessary in the future.
CATHERINE L. ROSS KAREN LEONE DE NIE JIAWEN YANG
Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, 760 Spring Stre Georgia Institute of Technology, Fourth Street, Atlanta, GA, 30308, USA
国际会议
广州
英文
266-273
2006-12-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）