When corporations leave town : the costs and benefits of metropolitan job sprawl

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When corporations leave town : the costs and benefits of metropolitan job sprawl

Joseph Persky, Wim Wiewel

Wayne State University Press, c2000

  • pbk.

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Bibliography: p.169-177

Includes index

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An examination of the benefits and consequences to cities when companies relocate to the suburbs. Theoretic models of a manufacturing plant and a business services office in the Chicago area illustrate such phenomena as suburban wealth creation, increased traffic congestion and housing abandonment.

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