WILL SEPTEMBER 11 BRING US TOGETHER OR PUSH US APART? THE WAR ON TERROR AND METROPOLITAN STABILITY

The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terror will not lessen the desirability of cities as places to live, work and play. In fact, they may make city real estate and first ring suburbs more attractive and slow the rate of suburban sprawl, just as these terrible events deepened the recession and exposed the vulnerability of many suburban real estate investments. Furthermore, the terrorist attacks have revealed the economic insecurity inherent in a transportation system that is dependent upon foreign oil, and underscored the need to explore alternatives, which perforce will encourage a return to urban living, and the lessened automobile reliance that it implies.

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  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015047929339?urlappend=%3Bseq=585
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

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• Authors:
  • Dittmar, H
  • Campbell, S C
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 43-49
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 56
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Behavior; Cities; Economic impacts; Fuel oils; Real estate development; Recession; Suburbs; Urban growth
• Identifier Terms: Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00933992
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-043 478
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 12 2002 12:00AM