The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs

ISBN-13: 9780367733711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 356 str.

Bernadette Hanlon; Thomas Vicino

Opis

The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs provides one of the most comprehensive examinations available to date of the suburbs around the world. International in scope and interdisciplinary in nature, this volume will serve as the definitive reference for scholars and students of the suburbs.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: Suburban Definitions and Descriptions  Part II: Global Perspectives on the Suburbs  Part III: Diversity, Exclusion, and Poverty in the Suburbs  Part IV: Planning, Public Policy, and Reshaping the Suburbs Part V: Conclusion and Future Prospects Index

O autorze

Bernadette Hanlon is Associate Professor and Chair of the Bachelor of Science Program in City and Regional Planning in the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. She specializes in political economy of cities and suburbs, environmental sustainability, immigration, and urban environmental policy and planning. She is the author or co-author of three books, including Once the American Dream: Inner-Ring Suburbs in the Metropolitan United States (2012).　

Thomas J. Vicino is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He specializes in the political economy of cities and suburbs, focusing on issues of metropolitan development, housing, and demographic analysis. He is the author or co-author of four books, including Suburban Crossroads: The Fight for Local Control of Immigration Policy (2013).