Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the Us

ISBN-13: 9780415497305 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 304 str.

Bernadette F Hanlon;John Rennie Short;Thomas J Vicino

Opis

This book examines the changing nature of metropolitan areas through a comprehensive analysis of the historical, demographic, geographic, economic, and political issues facing the US in the 21st century.

This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and suburbs play in US metropolitan areas. It explores the history of cities and suburbs, their changing dynamics with each other, their growing diversity, the environmental consequences of their development and finally the extent and nature of their decline and renewal.

Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US offers a comprehensive examination of demographic and socioeconomic processes of US suburbanization by providing a succinct guide to understanding the dynamic relationship between metropolitan structure and processes of social change. A variety of case studies are used in the chapters to explore suburban successes and failures and the discourse concludes with reflections on metropolitan policy and planning for the twenty-first century. The topics of discussion include:

• Key ideas and concepts on the demographic and sociospatial aspects of metropolitan change
• The changing nature of city and suburban population migration and their relationships with changes at the local, metropolitan, national, and global levels
• Current metropolitan public policy issues of large cities and suburbs
• Links of suburbanization to metropolitan transformation and the growing dichotomy between suburban decline and suburban sprawl in metropolitan areas.

Cities and Suburbs relies on theorized case studies, demographic analysis, maps, and photos from North America. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book addresses various fundamental questions about the socioeconomic role that suburbs and cities play in shaping metropolitan areas, their environmental impact, the political consequences, and the resulting policy debates. This is essential reading for scholars and students of Geography, Economics, Politics, Sociology, Urban Studies and Urban Planning.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The New Metropolitan Landscape  Part 1: The Rise of Metropolis  2. The Rise of the City  3. The Rise of the Suburban Metropolis  4. The New Metropolis Part 2: Metropolitan Complexity  5. The New Metropolitan Model  6. Portraits of Metropolitan Diversity  7. The Rise of Immigrant Suburbs  Part 3: Suburban Gothic  8. Suburban Gothic  9. Suburbs in Crisis  Part 4: Public Policies  10. Metropolitan Public Policy  11. Growth Management and Environmental Sustainability  Part 5: Conclusion  12. Prospects and Trajectories