Edgeless Cities: Exploring the Elusive Metropolis (Brookings Metro Series)

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Summary: A recommended addition to Urban Studies
Review: Edgeless Cities: Exploring The Elusive Metropolis by Robert E. Lang (Director, Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech, Alexandria, Virginia) is an informative look at a new form of city development that combines grand-scale office parks with major retail and housing, instead of having the traditional delineated boundaries between home and store. Praised by some, sharply criticized by others, this new type of city geography has both high and low points worthy of careful study especially in the new millennium of population pressures that put the squeeze on more restricted city designs. Edgeless Cities is a recommended addition to Urban Studies, Architectural Studies, and Social Issues reference collections and reading lists.