ABSTRACT
Growth was facilitated by the construction of a vast network of freeways, which also opened up large areas for industrial development as the metropolitan area was transformed into a production center for the nation and the world from its position on the Pacific Rim. Growth of this enormous magnitude involved great expansion of the boundaries of urban development. Growth in metropolitan San Francisco Oakland was at a slower pace than in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles metropolitan area grew by 5.04 million, which accounts for 35.6 percent of the population growth in the West. Central city population growth was related to employment growth and population growth in the urban area and to expansion of central city land area. Population growth of the San Francisco-Oakland urban area was less but still a substantial 60 percent, and the San Jose metropolitan area, with its Silicon Valley, was emerging just to the South of San Francisco-Oakland.
