Suburbia in the 21st Century: From Dreamscape to Nightmare? (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

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 and structural racism, which have given rise to suburban nightmares. 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 UK and the US, 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.

• | Author: Paul J. Maginn, Katrin B. Anacker, Assistant Professor Of Public Policy Katrin B Anacker
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 25, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138185914
• | ISBN-13: 9781138185913