A test of the Garreau model for edge city development using GIS-based shift-share analysis : a case study for the Clear Lake-NASA Area, Texas /

address local industry strength and population dynamics

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crate, Frances Margaret
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:address local industry strength and population dynamics
analysis. Key words: edge city, GIS, shift-share analysis,
and regional growth indices. The Clear Lake-NASA area reached
area and this can be accomplished with GIS-based shift-share
by shift-share analysis and then graphed according to local
census industry populations for manufacturing, wholesale and
changes attributable to edge city growth. The area was
Clear Lake-NA SA Area, Texas, Houston, Texas.
combined effect of all edge cities on the parent metropolitan
coverages using ARC/INFO TIGERTOOL. Data files were
decennial industry economic activity levels were calculated
delineated for the four decades from 1960 to 1990 using
development and economic conditions of the area in ways not
downloaded into a SUN workstation and converted into
edge city status in the mid 1980s but not according to
focused on the empirical testing of Garreau's edge city
Garreau's temporal setting. Initial input of the large scale
high technology NASA/JSC facility clearly accelerated the
historical data sets and census tract data on population and
identified by Garreau. Rapid development of this area has
industries. 1992 TIGER/Line data for the study area were
model by addressing the question, Do all edge cities follow
model, developing a GIS-based shift-share methodology for
profoundly impacted the natural and built environment
resulting in numerous policy changes of regional scope.
retail trade, and professional and related services by census
Texas into an edge city and challenged the Garreau edge city
the Garreau model of development? Objectives of the study
This study examined the development of Clear Lake-NASA Area,
tract number. The Shift-share formulation was modified to
transferred to PC ArcView and databases were built linking
unique to this area and study. Using Excel spreadsheet,
Urban development studies must be expanded to include the
urban development studies, and identifying urban policy
Item Description:"Major subject: Geography".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 102 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.