City/edge

As transportation systems, telecommunications, and methods of working and living evolve, it becomes clear that a centralized urban area is no longer necessary; a web of interconnected centers is the more likely result. This dissolution of urban density is occuring at a variety of scales, from the largest metro areas to smaller towns. Major "edge cities" have tended to develop at crossroads where radiating urban avenues intersect with concentric beltways. In our towns, smaller-scale edge cities occur at expressway exits outside the town limits, or where the business route into town separates from the bypass around it. "City/edge" is an architectural reconsideration of the edge city.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Berghage, Jeffrey L.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Galloway, William U.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Green, William R.
• Brown, William W.
• Cortes, Mario C.

• mixed-use
• expressway

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-120899-090539

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/36020