Innovation and Evolution: Bridge to the Future Metropolis

The metropolis of 1980, like the metropolis of 1957, is constantly in the process of becoming. Where the one leaves off and the other begins is a study in the continuous development of ideas and techniques-which is what the following projection attempts in the guise of retrospect. The tenses used ar...

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Published in:The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 1957-11, Vol.314 (1), p.156-164
Main Author: Ylvisaker, Paul N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cities
Communities
Economic development
Economic systems
Government
Mayors
Metropolitan areas
Political debate
Suburbs
Urban economics
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Summary:The metropolis of 1980, like the metropolis of 1957, is constantly in the process of becoming. Where the one leaves off and the other begins is a study in the continuous development of ideas and techniques-which is what the following projection attempts in the guise of retrospect. The tenses used are the simple present and past of an obscure future as a contemporary historian might one day write them.
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/000271625731400117