TY - BOOK
T1 - Suburbia in the 21st Century
T2 - From Dreamscape to Nightmare?
A2 - Maginn, Paul J.
A2 - Anacker, Katrin B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 selection and editorial matter, Paul J. Maginn and Katrin B. Anacker; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - The majority of the world's population now live in urban areas and the 21st century has been declared as the "urban age". However, closer inspection of where people live in cities, especially within so-called advanced liberal democracies such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, reveals that most people live in different types of suburban environments. Drawing together scholars from across the globe, this book provides a series of national, regional, and local case studies from Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States to exemplify the diverse and dynamic nature and importance of suburbia in 21st century urban studies, city-building, and urbanism. This book explores the evolving social, physical, and economic character of the suburbs and how structural processes, market dynamics, and government policies have shaped and transformed suburbia around the world. It highlights the continuing importance of the suburbs and the suburban dream, which lives on albeit under increasing challenges, such as the global financial crisis, structural racism, and the Covid-19 pandemic, which have given rise to various suburban nightmares.
AB - The majority of the world's population now live in urban areas and the 21st century has been declared as the "urban age". However, closer inspection of where people live in cities, especially within so-called advanced liberal democracies such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, reveals that most people live in different types of suburban environments. Drawing together scholars from across the globe, this book provides a series of national, regional, and local case studies from Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States to exemplify the diverse and dynamic nature and importance of suburbia in 21st century urban studies, city-building, and urbanism. This book explores the evolving social, physical, and economic character of the suburbs and how structural processes, market dynamics, and government policies have shaped and transformed suburbia around the world. It highlights the continuing importance of the suburbs and the suburban dream, which lives on albeit under increasing challenges, such as the global financial crisis, structural racism, and the Covid-19 pandemic, which have given rise to various suburban nightmares.
KW - Suburbia
KW - Suburbanisms
KW - Suburbanisation
KW - Global Suburbanisms
KW - Australia
KW - United Kingdom
KW - United States of America
KW - Ireland
KW - France
KW - Spain
KW - Finland
KW - Canada
KW - shopping centres
KW - Poverty
KW - Covid-19
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141037168&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781315644165
DO - 10.4324/9781315644165
M3 - Edited book/Anthology
SN - 9781138185913
T3 - Routledge Advances in Sociology
BT - Suburbia in the 21st Century
PB - Taylor & Francis
ER -