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The Impact of the Motor Vehicles upon the Shape of American Cities in the WWII Era
 Bocker, Robert ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
1. INTRODUCTION The post-World War II America was considered an era of great progress in many aspects. Generally, it mirrored in the betterment of living standard that suddenly had steeply risen due to a flourishing economy and prosperity. This era beginning at the turn of the late forties and early fifties became also known as the embodiment of the American Dream that for many Americans came true thanks to a heyday of revolutionary projects in housing, infrastructure and other developments that followed later on. Basically, new visions of lifestyle came up hand in hand with new opportunities and trends. Since one of the major advancements in this period of progress represented the phenomenon of the booming motor vehicle transport that went hand in hand with the extensive highway building, hardly anybody could have foreseen what merits and impacts would come up therewith. Several changes that occurred due to the above­ mentioned advancement in economy can be referred to as yielding and positive. However among others, this postwar period also brought its side effects as for instance: the rise of suburbia, the deterioration of city cores, suburban sprawl and or the problem of endless bumper-to-bumper gridlocks. Those last-mentioned phenomena together with the highway building and flourishing car industry had...
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The Impact of the Motor Vehicles upon the Shape of American Cities in the WWII Era
 Bocker, Robert ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
1. INTRODUCTION The post-World War II America was considered an era of great progress in many aspects. Generally, it mirrored in the betterment of living standard that suddenly had steeply risen due to a flourishing economy and prosperity. This era beginning at the turn of the late forties and early fifties became also known as the embodiment of the American Dream that for many Americans came true thanks to a heyday of revolutionary projects in housing, infrastructure and other developments that followed later on. Basically, new visions of lifestyle came up hand in hand with new opportunities and trends. Since one of the major advancements in this period of progress represented the phenomenon of the booming motor vehicle transport that went hand in hand with the extensive highway building, hardly anybody could have foreseen what merits and impacts would come up therewith. Several changes that occurred due to the above­ mentioned advancement in economy can be referred to as yielding and positive. However among others, this postwar period also brought its side effects as for instance: the rise of suburbia, the deterioration of city cores, suburban sprawl and or the problem of endless bumper-to-bumper gridlocks. Those last-mentioned phenomena together with the highway building and flourishing car industry had...
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