Editing Edge city (section)

{{short description|New unstructured settlement created near a major city}}
{{about|the city-planning concept|other uses|Edge City (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Bellevue Skyline Cougar Mountain.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of [[Bellevue, Washington]], a typical edge city with a large amount of office and retail space]]
[[File:Le quartier de la Défense vu de la Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris août 2014.jpg|thumb|[[La Défense]], an edge city of [[Paris]]]]
[[File:Arlington County - Virginia.jpg|thumb|The [[Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia|Rosslyn]]–[[Ballston, Virginia|Ballston]] corridor in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]] near [[Washington, D.C.]]]]
[[File:Century City Towers.jpg|thumb|right|[[Century City, Los Angeles|Century City]], an edge city of [[Los Angeles]]]]
[[File:Tijuana-2005.jpg|thumb|[[Zona Río]], 1980s master-planned edge city and largest commercial district in [[Tijuana]], Mexico]]
[[File:Kendall Dadeland ramp.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dadeland]] is sometimes referred to as "downtown Kendall", despite the fact that [[Kendall, Florida|Kendall]] is part of unincorporated [[Miami-Dade County]]. A special zoning area allowed high rise development in the area consisting mostly of single family homes.]]
An '''edge city''' is a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional [[downtown]] or [[central business district]], in what had previously been a suburban, residential or [[rural]] area. The term was popularized by the 1991 book ''Edge City: Life on the New Frontier'' by [[Joel Garreau]], who established its current meaning while working as a [[reporter]] for ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Garreau argues that the edge city has become the standard form of urban growth worldwide, representing a 20th-century urban form unlike that of the 19th-century central [[downtown]]. Other terms for these areas include ''suburban activity centers'', ''megacenters'', and ''suburban business districts''.{{sfn|Dunphy|1999|p=573}} These districts have now developed in many countries.