Metropolitan Development in the U.S.

Something else that Warner described through his description of the three chronological phases of metropolitan development in the United States was an increasing rate of change. In each successive phase of metropolitan development, the pace of change increased to a significant extent. Thus, one difference between the contemporary period and earlier periods is that change in the contemporary period is much more rapid than that experienced in earlier periods. In turn, this rapidity of change means that the contemporary period is characterized by higher uncertainty.

While the pace of change has continued to increase, however, American society has implemented controls through the years that tend to moderate the effects of such change. Highlevel unemployment, as an example, means eightto10 percent in the contemporary period; however, highlevel unemployment in earlier periods of development often meant 33 percent of the work force was idle. Further, when workers were idled in much of the earlier period of metropolitan development, they and their families had to beg, borrow from family members, or steal to avoid starvation and having to live in the streets. In the c

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an development in the United States, the capability and political willingness of cities to change have atrophied in the contemporary period. Entrenched interests and opposition to the public spending required to implement changes in the transportation structure in cities probably mean that today's cities will ebb as smaller cities begin to thrive. Desirable locations for business activity in the future will be different from those for the contemporary period. One concept likely to determine locations in the future is the technology cell. A high technology cell is a grouping of high technology organizations and operational units. As such, a technology cell may be a part of a single organization, or it may be a part of a high technology complex of many organizations. The industrial based economy is in a period of demise. The erosion of the institutions of this economy is proceeding, and along with this erosion, the corporate power required to maintain the industrial based economy is eroding. Both corporations and governmental institutions in many instances, however, are attempting to maintain the structure and power relationships of the industrial based economy. One result of such efforts is an increase in both economic
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