Civil Defense Systems: Social Impact and ... - The Black Vault

UNCLASSIFIEDDDC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL No# /ZIML7AD-426 925PLANNING RESEARCH CORP LOS ANGELES CALIFCIVIL DEFENSE IMPLICATIONS OF CURkENT AND FuTuREURBAN CUNFIQURATIUNS,DEC 63 3143P MOLTmANHoRoiGUODRUvECs|REPT. NOD Rq4u9CONTRACT: OCO uS62 278UNCLASSIFIED REPOmTDESCRIPTORS: (*CIVIL DEFLNSE SYSTEMS, URBANAREAS), POPULATIiNt GRO4TH, VULNERABILITY,DENSITY, BUILDINGS. (U)IDENTIFIERS: 19631 LIVIN6 pATTERN, (U)THIS REPORT EXAMINES THE POSSIBILITIES OF VULNERABILITY REDUCTION THROUGH LONG-TeRM CHANGES INURBAN FORM AND sTRUCTURE, 'A THE LIGHT OF PROJECTEDTRENDS IN ECONOIC AND SOCIAL FORCES AFFECTING FUTUREURBAN DEVELOPME.wTs URiAN oECEN TRALIZATION ISLIKELY TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE, AND TECHNOLOGICALCHANGE MAY PERMIT DELIBLRA72ACCELERATION OF THISTREND TOWARD SPRAALING URBAN REGIONS* VARIOUSCONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL URSAN FORMS ARE REOUCIBLE TOA FEW BASIC TYPES9 THE VULNERABILITYCmARACTtRISTICS OF THE DIFFERENT FOHMS ARE MIXED# BUTTHE GALAXY AND vISPERSED SHEET FORMS ARE GENERALLYBEST SUITED To CIVIL DEFENSE PURPOSES. THESE ARESIMILAR TO THE FORMS THAT FUTURE URBAN REGIONS AREEXPECTEU TO TAKer A VARIANT OF THE DISPERSED SHEETFORM IS CON SIDERED THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS; IT *OULDPROVIDE COMPACT URBAN COMMUNITIES, SEPARATEu pYEXTENSIVE OPEN SPACES DEVOTED TO NONURBAN LAND USES*WITHIN FUTURE METROPOLITAN AREAS. IN ADDITION.EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE 'HARDNESSo OF URBANSTRUCTURES ARE DESIRABLLe AN INCREASED PROPORTIONOF HIGH MARuNESS STRUCTURAL TYPES SHOULD oEENCOURAGED IN THE BUILDING MIX. THIS INCREASESHOULD TAKE THE FORM MAINLY OF HjuH-HARDNESSRESIDENTIAL STRUCTUNES DISPERSED SINGLY OR INCLUSTERS THROuGhOUT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. INOIRECTMETHODS ARE CONSIDERED BY WHICH PROGRESS TOWARD THESEOBJECTIVES MIGHT oE ASSISTED THROUGH VARIOUS ON GOINGFEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES.(AUTHOR)CU)14UNCLASSIFIED/Z"ML7