International Perspectives on Suburbanization [electronic resource] : A Post-Suburban World? /
Phelps, N.editor.
Wu, F.editor.
New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasingly common in outer city regions across the world. This book examines the processes of post-suburbanization in international perspective, exploring how developments across the world might be considered post-suburban.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: International Perspectives on Suburbanization: A Post-suburban World?; Part I: City, Suburb, Post-suburb; 2 Suburbia and Post-suburbia: A Brief History; 3 The Restless Landscape of Metroburbia; 4 Post-suburbia and City-region Politics; Part II: Post-suburbia in the Americas; 5 Post-suburban Regionalism: From Local Politics of Exclusion to Regional Politics of Economic Development
6 Privatization of the Fringes - A Latin American Version of Post-suburbia? The Case of Santiago de Chile7 From Country Club to Edge City? Gated Residential Communities and the Transformation of Pilar, Argentina; Part III: Post-suburbia and Europe's Compact Cities; 8 Post-suburbia in Continental Europe; 9 Post-suburbia in the Context of Urban Containment: The Case of the South East of England; 10 Khimki in Moscow City-region: From 'Closed City' to 'Edge City'?; Part IV: Varieties of Post-suburbia in East Asia
11 Post-suburban Elements in an Asian Extended Metropolitan Region: The Case of Jabodetabek (Jakarta Metropolitan Area)12 Post-suburban Tokyo? Urbanization, Suburbanization, Reurbanization; 13 New Towns for Suburbs? Developmental State Politics and New Town Development in Seoul Metropolitan Region; 14 Conclusion: Post-suburban Worlds?; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasingly common in outer city regions across the world. This book examines the processes of post-suburbanization in international perspective, exploring how developments across the world might be considered post-suburban.
Social policy.
Urban geography.
Sociology, Urban.
Political sociology.
Buildings.
Sociology.
Social Policy.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Political Sociology.
Building Types and Functions.
Sociology, general.