A FRAMEWORK FOR URBAN STUDIES: AN ANALYSIS OF URBAN- METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH NEEDS
THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE IS PRESENTED ON RESEARCH NEEDS AND PRIORITIES IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS. THE STUDY ATTEMPTS TO: (1) FIND OUT THE SCALE, COMPLEXITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CURRENT URBAN-METROPOLITAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND (2) OUTLINE A NUMBER OF MAJOR AREAS OF URBAN STUDY THAT APPEAR SIGNIFICANT AND THAT MIGHT PROPERLY BE ENDORSED AND ENCOURAGED BY A COMMITTEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD. ALMOST 95 PERCENT OF THE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES IS GOING INTO THE STANDARD METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE RAPID GROWTH IS PRODUCING A NEW PATTERN OF URBAN SETTLEMENT. IN SELECTING STUDY AREAS, THE PROGRAM RECOMMENDED FOCUSES ON SUBJECTS, TOPICS, OR AREAS IN WHICH COMPETENT STUDIES WOULD SEEM LIKELY TO: (1) ADD TO BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF URBAN GROWTH AND CHANGE, (2) AID IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE POLICY FORMULATION AND REVISION, AND (3) HAVE SOME BEARING, DIRECT OR NOT TOO INDIRECT, ON THE JOB OF MOVING GOODS AND PEOPLE IN URBAN-METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES SUGGESTED PROPOSES EXPLORATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ISSUES IN CURRENT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT FACILITIES: (1) THE LOCATION OF EXPRESSWAYS, (2) REVERSE COMMUTING, INTER-SUBURBAN INTRAFRINGE, AND URBAN REGIONAL TRAVEL, (3) THE ROLE OF MASS TRANSIT IN VARIOUS KINDS AND SIZES OF URBAN CENTERS, (4) THE RELATIONS BETWEEN EXISTING AS WELL AS EMERGING LAND-USE PATTERNS AND TRAVEL VOLUME, (5) EMINENT DOMAIN AND OTHER LAND ACQUISITION PROCEDURES, AND (6) THE RELOCATION OF DISPLACED FAMILIES AND LAND-USERS. THE RATIONALE OF THIS REPORT RESTS ON THREE ASSUMPTIONS: (1) AMERICAN SOCIETY AND ITS ECONOMY ARE PREDOMINANTLY URBAN AND ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING MORE SO, (2) THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF URBAN COMMUNITIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT POSSESSED BY EVEN THE MOST THOUGHTFUL AND BEST INFORMED PERSONS IS ELEMENTARY, AND (3) OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITIZENS OF URBAN COMMUNITIES, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, WILL HAVE TO PASS UPON A FORMIDABLE ARRAY OF QUESTIONS AND ISSUES REGARDING URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
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Authors:
- Woodbury, C
- Publication Date: 1959-10
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 52
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Development; Eminent domain; Expressways; Land use; Metropolitan areas; Population growth; Property acquisition; Public transit; Relocation (Facilities); Research; Social values; Transportation planning; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Urban renewal; Urban transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Relocation
- Old TRIS Terms: Community values
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Public Transportation; Research; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00239213
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 25 1994 12:00AM