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

UNCLASSIFIEDDDC REPORT BIBLIUGNAPHY SEARCH CONTROL Nos /ZMML7AU-625 17Z s/3 13/2PLANNING RESEARCH CORP LOS ANGELES CALIFTHE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF DECENTRALIZEDMETROPOLITAN REGION$* (U)DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: FINAL REPT.,OCT 65 296P *OLTMAN.,h Re ;WOODFILisBARBARA 16LUNTKEITH IDEIROSSIJAMES IREPT. NO* PRC-0-796CONTRACT: OC"-OS-62-278UNCLASSIFIED REPORTSUPPLEMENTARY NOTE: SEE ALSO AD'-26 9259DESCRIPTORS: (*CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, URBAN ARrAS)t(OURbAN PLANNING, ECONOMICS), FEASIBILITY STuDiES,"COSTS, POPULATION$ DISTRIBuTIONs DENbITY,HOUSING PROJLCTS. TRANbPORTATION, PASSIVEDEFENSE(U)THE PRECEDING PHASE OF THIS STUDY EXAMINED THE ROLEOF URBAN FORM AS A PASSIVE DEFENSE VARIABLE ANDESTABLISHED CRITERIA OF SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT ANDDENSITY# WHICH hERE DESIGNED TO REDUCE METROPOLITANVULNERAOILITY Tr, NUCLEAR ?,EAPONS9 THE RESULTINGCONFIGURATION CONSISTS OF COMPACT, DISCRETE COHMUNITYUNITS HAVING POPULA1IONS oF 100tOOO, SEPARATED FROMONE ANOTHER BY 4 TO 7 MILES OF OPEN SPACE, ANDGROUPED AROUND A CENTRAL OR CURE UNIT* SERVICESAND FACILITIES THAT ARE OBTAINABLE IN A METkOPOLITANAREA OF SEVERAL MILLION ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN THISCONFI1UNATION BY HIGH IN- iCOMMUNITY MOBILITY, THESTUDY CONFIGURATION IS TAKEN TO BE THIS 'ORDEREDSPRAWL' URBAN PATTERN. THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OFTHIS FORM OF NEGIONAL CITY IS ASSESSED. THE FOCUSI5 NECESSARILY ON COSTS, WHICH ARE TO SOME DEGREEMEASURABLE, AND ALTHOUGH COST DATA DIRECTLY PERTINENTTO THE IDEALIZATION DO NOT EXIST9 IT IS POSSIBLE TOPROCEED INFERENTIALLY BY ANALYZING INFOR;iATIONDERIVED FROM EXTANT METROPOLITAN AREAS, THEPRIMARY APPHOACH IS THE SPECIFICATION OF A tREFERENCEREGION' THAT INCORPORATES STRUCTURAL AND LINKAGECHARACTERISTICS REPRESENTATIVE OF EXISTING URBANAREAS, AND THE DIVISION OF THIS REGION INTOCOMPONENTS THAT APPROAImATE CuMMUNITY UNITS OF THESTUDY CUNFliURATIUNs(U)66UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML7