Abstract
The State of Illinois is sadly immersed in a deep political and economic standstill that retains it insolvent and immobilized with few possibilities of growth due to an excessive dedication to Chicago and almost none over the rest. Although historically there were intents to rely on some other cities with a variety of industrial products’ manufactured, by now all of them have lost population and almost all their commercial bases while returning to the Chicago area. East St. Louis, considered an All-America City by the National Civic League in 1959, suffers today one of the nation’s deepest social desertions. A decentralization policy for a more scattered development is urgent. From a comprehensive analysis of cities by size and population within the State and supported on a broad and assorted pool of variables, this work shows the practice done with my graduate students on finding and establishing the ideal igniting point to begin a State decentralization process. The result is the design of a new urban center appointed to open different strategies to satisfy the existing needs on its zone and the ones coming in the future, and also to start moving a network of growing development everywhere in the whole State.
Presenters
Rolando GonzalezAssociate Professor / Interim Director of School of Architecture, School of Architecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois, United States
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
"Decentralization", " Balanced Development", " State Network", " Urban Center"
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