Scope and objectives

• Analyze the underlying Minneapolis-St. Paul regional dynamics – housing market behavior, fiscal structures (including tax policies), regulatory constraints and so on – that direct development and generate demands for transportation.
• Clarify the role of transportation infrastructure and public transportation services in facilitating spatial distribution of regional growth.
• Relate regional dynamics to development outside the seven-county region.
• Clarify the relationship between housing choices, private investment, and other location decisions in the expanded metro area and impacts on the geographical pattern of commuting.

Research team [top]

John S. Adams, Department of Geography
E-mail: adams004@umn.edu
Web page: http://www.geog.umn.edu/Faculty/Adams.html

Mike Bjellund
Julie Cidell
Laura (Hansen) Smith
Hyun-ja Jung
Joel A. Koepp
Lena Laake
Yeon-taek Ryu
Barbara J. VanDrasek

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