Nearly one in six Americans lives in "Megalopolis," an area of the
northeastern United States along the I-95 corridor that includes
the cities of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and
Boston. Liquid City is the first book to examine the major changes
that have taken place in this "Main Street of the Nation" over the
last half century.
In 1957, geographer Jean Gottman used the term "Megalopolis" to
denote the Boston-to-Washington corridor. His seminal book,
Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United
States, described the social, economic, and demographic
characteristics of one of the largest city regions in the world.
John Rennie Short juxtaposes Gottman's work with his own
examination, providing a comprehensive assessment of the region's
evolution. Particularly important is Short's use of the 2000 census
data and his discussion of Megalopolis as a source of identity for
the area's forty-nine million inhabitants.
This clear and accessible book focuses on five main aspects of
change in the region: population redistribution from cities to
suburbs; economic restructuring as exemplified by the
suburbanization of employment; the role of immigration; patterns of
racial/ethnic segregation; and the processes of globalization that
have made Megalopolis one of the world's most influential
economies.
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