Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US

by Hanlon; Bernadette

• ISBN13: 9780415497312
• ISBN10: 0415497310
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-12-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Bernadette Hanlon is Research Analyst at the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), USA. Her research and teaching interests focus on the urban policy and issues of environmental sustainability. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy and Geography at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. His main research and teaching interests are in urban issues, environmental concerns, and cartographic representation. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Bristol, UK. Thomas J. Vicino is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. His research and teaching interests focus on the political economy of metropolitan regions. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
List of abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction
The new metropolitan landscape	p. 3
The rise of the metropolis
The rise of the city	p. 15
The rise of the suburban metropolis	p. 37
The new metropolis	p. 59
Metropolitan complexity
The new metropolitan model	p. 85
Portraits of metropolitan diversity	p. 112
The rise of immigrant suburbs	p. 132
Suburban gothic
Suburban gothic	p. 157
Suburbs in crisis	p. 175
Public policies
Metropolitan public policy	p. 197
Growth management and environmental sustainability	p. 220
Conclusion
Prospects and trajectories	p. 247
Appendix	p. 260
Notes	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 268
Index	p. 282
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