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Metropolitan area

About: Metropolitan area is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26029 publications have been published within this topic receiving 385648 citations. The topic is also known as: metro & metro area.


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TL;DR: A study of labor market niching involving 100 ethnic groups living in 216 metropolitan areas in 1990 as mentioned in this paper found that 14% of the labor force employed in ethnic niches, and 20% are employed in niches in employment sectors with 5000 or more workers.

102 citations

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01 Apr 2011-Cities
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed employment and commuting patterns in English and Welsh city-regions between 1981 and 2001, and found that not all cityregions are experiencing a shift toward a polycentric spatial structure.

102 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors point out that the connection between the built environment and socioeconomic outcomes may be more complex than it is generally portrayed to be, particularly in light of recent trends in urban and regional development.
Abstract: A fundamental goal of many smart growth efforts is to promote greater socioeconomic equity through more compact development. In this article, we point out that the connection between the built environment and socioeconomic outcomes may be more complex than it is generally portrayed to be, particularly in light of recent trends in urban and regional development. Through an empirical analysis involving two measures of income segregation, dissimilarity and isolation, in a national data set of metropolitan areas from 1980 to 2000, we illustrate that the relationship between density and income segregation follows a quadratic function, first rising, then falling, as densities increase. Moreover, changes in density—whether increases or decreases—always increased segregation. These findings suggest that, if greater socioeconomic equity is a goal, smart growth programs need to pay as much attention to market forces and the underlying political landscape as they do to the built environment.

102 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of access to light rail transit and highway systems in estimating office and industrial property rents was examined, and it was shown that access to highways is a significant factor in assessing office property rents in the San Diego area.
Abstract: This research examines the importance of access to light rail transit and highway systems in estimating office and industrial property rents. The analysis improves our understanding of the role played by transport facilities in locational decisions for the firm. Hedonic price analysis is utilised on longitudinal data for 520 office properties and 500 industrial properties collected from the San Diego metropolitan area over the period from 1986 to 1995. Results indicate that access to highways is a significant factor in estimating office property rents in the San Diego area, while access to light rail systems is not significant for office properties. Industrial firms in the San Diego area are not paying rent premiums to locate near highways or light rail transit.

102 citations

01 Nov 1993
TL;DR: In this paper, the changes which have occurred from 1960 to 1990 in population and demographics, worker characteristics, means of travel to work, household vehicle availability, and geographic revisions in the United States and its large metropolitan areas are identified.
Abstract: This report identifies the changes which have occurred from 1960 to 1990 in population and demographics, worker characteristics, means of travel to work, household vehicle availability, and geographic revisions in the United States and its large metropolitan areas. The report is based on the US Bureau of the Census data from decennial data sets. Selected Census information for 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990 are summarized from available Census data sets, and to a more limited extent from Census publications. Due to the thirty year time span, two levels of geography are used to present and analyze these data. In producing this report, evaluations were made of differences in selected data items over the involved time period. The report summarizes these evaluations and presents the resultant data in a series of tables, figures, metropolitan statistical profiles and maps. Chapter 1 of the report contains background information, technical details about the data, and geographic conventions that were used in the analysis. Chapter 2 presents national summary information for journey-to-work trends over the thirty year period. Chapter 3 looks at demographic characteristics in large metropolitan areas. Chapter 4 considers the characteristics of the work trip, worker residences and places of work, and commuter flows and travel times within large metropolitan areas. Chapter 5 examines the means of transportation used by metropolitan area workers. Chapter 6 looks at trends in household vehicle ownership and availability. Chapter 7 identifies how these data are affected by the latest geographic revision, showing what has occurred since 1990. The Profiles provide detailed statistical information and maps for the US as a whole and for each of the 39 metropolitan areas that formed the core of this study.

102 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20232,189
20224,773
20211,006
20201,173
20191,025
20181,191