Suburban Form: An International Perspective

by Scheer, Brenda Case; Stanilov, Kiril

• ISBN13: 9780203561263
• ISBN10: 0203561260
• Copyright: 2003-11-20
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book examines and documents the remarkable development and transformation of suburban form throughout the globe during the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Postwar Growth and Suburban Development Patterns

The Changing Form of Suburbs. Introduction

Community, Modernity, and Urban Change in Japan and the USA: Toyokawa and Cupertino in the Late Twentieth Century

Complexity and Contradiction in the Ageing Early Postwar Suburbs of QuFbec City

Morphological Diversity in the Squatter Settlements of Rio de Janeiro

Understanding the Elements and the Patterns. Introduction

Making a Metropolitan Landscape: Lyons 1812-1994

Radial Street as a Timeline

The Effect of Planning

Introduction

Transformations of Space: A Retrospective on Public Housing in Singapore

Building Types and Urban Fabric of Rome's Outer Suburbs: From Reading to Planning

Planning for Sprawl: The Evolution of a Regional Shopping Center

The Reconstruction of the Suburbs. Introduction

The Transformation of Large Postwar Housing Areas in Sweden - Adaptation to a Blend of New and Old Planning Ideas

Suburban Morphology and Portland's Urban Growth Boundary

Conserving the Suburb: Mechanisms, Tensions and Results

Index

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