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Автор: William M. Rohe
Название: The Research Triangle: From Tobacco Road to Global Prominence
ISBN: 9780812222258
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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ISBN-10: 0812222253
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 312
Вес: 0.36 кг.
Дата издания: 19.12.2012
Серия: Metropolitan portraits
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 38 illus.
Размер: 229 x 140 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Tertiary education (us: college)
Ключевые слова: Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies
Подзаголовок: From tobacco road to global prominence
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Поставляется из: Англии
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Over the past three decades, the economy of North Carolinas Research Triangle—defined by the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill—has been transformed from one dependent on agriculture and textiles to one driven by knowledge-based jobs in technology, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. Now home to roughly 1.7 million people, the Research Triangle has attracted an influx of new residents from across the country and around the world while continuing to win praise for its high quality of life. At the regions center is the 7,000-acre Research Triangle Park, one of the nations largest and most prominent research and development campuses. Founded in 1959 through a partnership of local governments, universities, and business leaders, Research Triangle Park has catalyzed the regions rapid growth and hastened its coalescence into a single metropolitan area.
The Research Triangle: From Tobacco Road to Global Prominence describes the history, current challenges, and future prospects of this fascinating metropolitan area. Focusing on the personalities and perspectives of key actors in the development of the region, William M. Rohe traces the emergence of the Research Triangle Park and its role in the regions economic transformation. He also addresses some of the downsides of development, illustrating the strains that explosive population growth has placed on the regions school systems, natural resources, transportation infrastructure, and social cohesion. As Rohe shows, the Research Triangle is not a city in the traditional sense but a sprawling conurbation whose rapid, low-density growth and attendant problems are indicative of metropolitan life in much of America today. Although the Triangles short-term prospects are bright, Rohe warns that troubling issues loom—the region is expected to add nearly a million residents over the next two decades—and will need to be addressed through improvements in governmental cooperation, regional planning, and civic leadership. Finally, the author outlines key lessons that other metropolitan areas can learn from the Research Triangles dramatic rise to prominence.

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Preface
Introduction
1 Early History
2 The Birth of the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area
3 Population Growth and Its Impact
4 The Evolving Research Triangle Economy
5 Urban Development and Planning
6 Where Are We H

The Research Triangle: From Tobacco Road to Global Prominence, William M. Rohe