The Rise of the Postmodern Metropolis: Spatial Evolution of the Sacramento Metropolitan Region
This paper examines Sacramento, CA, as a case study of urban form in the evolving postmodern metropolis. Data were integrated from historical maps, aerial photographs and on-the-ground observation into a GIS database for the region, and historic and current built form were analyzed.
Main findings include (1) the rapid spatial expansion and proliferation of built landscape forms within the postmodern region; (2) the rise of rural sprawl as a landscape type; (3) the peak in ex-urban land subdivision in the 1970s and 1980s; (4) the changing public sector role in driving
urban expansion; and (5) the limited achievements thus far of growth management efforts and the New Urbanism.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Landscape Architecture Program, Department of Environmental Design, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA 2: Geography Graduate Group, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Publication date: 01 August 2011
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