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HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS MAY FURNISH THE EXTERNAL STIMULUS ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA, BUT THE IMMEDIACY OF THE RESPONSE AND THE EXTENT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ALSO DEPEND ON THE CAPACITY FOR CHANGE EXISTING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE CONNECTICUT TURNPIKE HAD A FAVORABLE IMPACT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MANY TOWNS IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT. OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE SAME AREA WERE LEFT RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ILLUSTRATE THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN FACTORS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE EFFECT EFFECT OF A TEXTILE MILL ECONOMY. THE TEXTILE MILL HAS EXTENDED ITS INFLUENCE INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND LEFT' /A/ A LABOR FORCE THAT DOES NOT READILY IMPROVEITS SKILLS, /B/ COMMUNITIES THAT TEND TO RESIST CHANGE AND /C/ A CRISIS APPROACH TO SOCIAL ACTION. /AUTHOR/

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Economic development; Economic impacts; Highways; Human factors; Improvements; Mills; Social impacts; Social values; Textiles; Toll roads

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Connecticut

Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society

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Oct 28 1994 12:00AM

• COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY SERVICE DISTRICTS AND THE INTERSTATE. THEIR PROPER RELATIONSHIP IN AN URBAN SETTING
• COMMUNITY CONSEQUENCES OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT AND DISCUSSION
• HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE AREA DEVELOPMENT
• INTERCHANGE DEVELOPMENT ALONG 180 MILES OF I-94