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The Short-Term Effects Of Interstate Highways On Small Rural Communities: A Case Study Of I-39, I-49 And I-72, 1990 To 2000, John Paul Metelko
The Short-Term Effects Of Interstate Highways On Small Rural Communities: A Case Study Of I-39, I-49 And I-72, 1990 To 2000, John Paul Metelko
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
The presence of interstate highways in rural areas improves access to nearby rural
communities and changes those communities’ spheres of influence. Research into
understanding how improved access from interstate highways affects rural communities
is needed. This case study was designed to investigate how rural communities changed
on the basis of population, vacancy, median home value, and median contract rent in the
short term after an interstate highway was completed nearby in the early 1990s.
The communities included in this study are incorporated cities, towns, villages
and census-designated places in non-metropolitan counties with at least one incorporated
city, town, village and …