Edge City: Life on the New Frontier
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Edge City: Life on the New Frontier is a nonfiction book by Joel Garreau that analyzes the rise of suburban business and commercial hubs as a transformative new form of urban development in late 20th-century America.
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| Edge City: Life on the New Frontier canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Edge City: Life on the New Frontier Context triple: [Joel Garreau, notableWork, Edge City: Life on the New Frontier]
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Edge City
Edge City is a fictional, crime-ridden American metropolis known as the primary setting of the comic book and film franchise "The Mask."
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B.
Dispatches from the Edge
Dispatches from the Edge is a memoir by journalist Anderson Cooper that chronicles his experiences reporting from global conflict zones and personal reflections on loss and resilience.
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Ciudad Satélite
Ciudad Satélite is a major planned suburban residential and commercial district in the northwest of Greater Mexico City, known for its modernist design and landmark Torres de Satélite sculptures.
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D.
The Human Edge
The Human Edge is a painting by American abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler, known for her innovative color field techniques and lyrical, stain-based compositions.
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E.
City Zero
City Zero is a surreal Soviet satirical film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that explores absurd bureaucracy and existential disorientation in a mysterious provincial town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Edge City: Life on the New Frontier Target entity description: Edge City: Life on the New Frontier is a nonfiction book by Joel Garreau that analyzes the rise of suburban business and commercial hubs as a transformative new form of urban development in late 20th-century America.
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A.
Edge City
Edge City is a fictional, crime-ridden American metropolis known as the primary setting of the comic book and film franchise "The Mask."
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B.
Dispatches from the Edge
Dispatches from the Edge is a memoir by journalist Anderson Cooper that chronicles his experiences reporting from global conflict zones and personal reflections on loss and resilience.
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C.
Ciudad Satélite
Ciudad Satélite is a major planned suburban residential and commercial district in the northwest of Greater Mexico City, known for its modernist design and landmark Torres de Satélite sculptures.
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D.
The Human Edge
The Human Edge is a painting by American abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler, known for her innovative color field techniques and lyrical, stain-based compositions.
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E.
City Zero
City Zero is a surreal Soviet satirical film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that explores absurd bureaucracy and existential disorientation in a mysterious provincial town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonfiction book
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sociology book ⓘ urban studies book ⓘ |
| author | Joel Garreau ⓘ |
| authorEmployerAtTimeOfWriting |
The Washington Post
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linked to:
Washington Post
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| authorOccupation |
futurist
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journalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| defines | edge city as a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown ⓘ |
| describedAs | influential work on edge cities ⓘ |
| describesAs | new form of urban development ⓘ |
| examines |
economic restructuring of American cities
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relationship between highways and development ⓘ social implications of suburban growth ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
metropolitan peripheries
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suburban business hubs ⓘ suburban commercial hubs ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
debates about suburbanization in the United States
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discussions of postwar metropolitan form ⓘ |
| hasPart | case studies of U.S. metropolitan areas ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
American studies
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urban geography ⓘ urban planning ⓘ urban sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
popular understanding of suburban office clusters
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urban planning discourse in the 1990s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
edge city
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late 20th-century American cities ⓘ suburban development ⓘ urban development ⓘ urban sprawl ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
automobile-oriented development
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polycentric metropolitan structure ⓘ shift of jobs from downtowns to suburbs ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Nine Nations of North America ⓘ |
| setIn | United States metropolitan regions ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in cities
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policy makers ⓘ scholars of urban studies ⓘ urban planners ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late 20th century ⓘ |
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