Shrinking Suburbs in a Time of Crisis

Authors

Justin B. Hollander
Colin Polsky
Dan Zinder
Daniel M. Runfola, College of William and MaryFollow

Files

Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

Biology

Publication Date

8-14-2018

Book Title

The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs

Publisher

Routledge

Editor

Bernadette Hanlon and Thomas J. Vicino

First Page

266

Last Page

279

Abstract

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.

This volume brings together the leading scholars of the suburbs researching in different parts of the world to better understand how and why suburbs and their communities grow, decline, and regenerate. The volume sets out four goals: 1) to provide a synthesis and critical appraisal of the historical and current state of understanding about the development of suburbs in the world; 2) to provide a forum for a comprehensive examination into the conceptual, theoretical, spatial, and empirical discontents of suburbanization; 3) to engage in a scholarly conversation about the transformation of suburbs that is interdisciplinary in nature and bridges the divide between the Global North and the Global South; and 4) to reflect on the implications of the socioeconomic, cultural, and political transformations of the suburbs for policymakers and planners. The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs is composed of original, scholarly contributions from the leading scholars of the study of how and why suburbs grow, decline, and transform. Special attention is paid to the global nature of suburbanization and its regional variations, with a focus on comparative analysis of suburbs through regions across the world in the Global North and the Global South.

Articulated in a common voice, the volume is integrated by the very nature of the concept of a suburb as the unit of analysis, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from the fields of economics, geography, planning, political science, sociology, and urban studies.

ISBN

978-1138290235

Recommended Citation

Hollander, J. B., Polsky, C., Zinder, D., & Runfola, D. M. (2018). Shrinking Suburbs in a Time of Crisis. Bernadette Hanlon and Thomas J. Vicino (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs (pp. 266-279). Routledge. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/asbookchapters/76