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Title: Information Technology and Urban Space: A Study of the Spatial Patterns of Information Workers in Six United States Metropolitan Areas
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2005
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Abstract: In this study we analyzed six U.S. metropolitan areas (Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Houston, Phoenix and Minneapolis-St. Paul) in terms of the spatial distribution of workers whose occupations were closely linked to the significant advances in information technology in the decade of the 1990s. The selected metropolitan regions experienced roughly similar rates of growth during the 1990's. Using the U.S. Census Bureau's Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) for 1990 and 2000, we used centrographic analysis and spatial autocorrelation analysis for both residential and workplace locations for workers in all six metropolitan areas for 1990 and 2000. These methods yield calculations and maps of concentration of information workers relative to non-information workers as distributed in the entire metropolitan area as well as their relationship to the central business district of the region. We also developed a three-way typology of information workers and performed similar analyses to learn their unique spatial distributions. The presentation concludes discussing the overall implications of results for metropolitan land use and transportation planning and a discussion of further research concerning the impact of information technology on urban spatial structure.
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Authors: Bolan, Richard; Xu, Peng
Conference Name: Research Symposium on Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access
Publisher Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Population Data Science
Countries: United States