Critical Perspectives on Suburban Infrastructures : Contemporary International Cases /

Most new urban growth takes place in the suburbs; consequently, infrastructures are in a constant state of playing catch-up, creating repeated infrastructure crises in these peripheries. However, the push to address the tensions stemming from this rapid growth also allow the suburbs to be a major so...

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Otros Autores: Addie, Jean-Paul D. (Contribuidor), Eckert, Jeanette (Contribuidor), Filion, Pierre (Contribuidor, Editor ), Gururani, Shubhra (Contribuidor), Ince, Rebecca (Contribuidor), Keil, Roger (Contribuidor), Kotval-K, Zeenat (Contribuidor), Li, Xiaomeng (Contribuidor), Lynch, Lucy (Contribuidor), Macdonald, Sara (Contribuidor), Marvin, Simon (Contribuidor), Moos, Markus (Contribuidor), Morphet, Janice (Contribuidor), Peters, Frederick (Contribuidor), Pulver, Nina M. (Editor , Contribuidor), Ren, Xuefei (Contribuidor), Rutherford, Jonathan (Contribuidor), Saboonian, Sara (Contribuidor), Schramm, Sophie (Contribuidor), Vojnovic, Igor (Contribuidor), Wachsmuth, David (Contribuidor), Walks, Alan (Contribuidor), Woodside, Jonathan (Contribuidor), Wright-Contreras, Lucía (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Colección:Global Suburbanisms
Temas:
Infrastructure (Economics)-Developing countries.
Suburbs-Developed countries-Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Global North.
Global South.
cities.
critical social science perspectives.
environmental impacts.
inequality.
social inequality.
social stratification.
suburban infrastructure.
suburban planning.
suburbs.
urban planning.
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Sumario:Most new urban growth takes place in the suburbs; consequently, infrastructures are in a constant state of playing catch-up, creating repeated infrastructure crises in these peripheries. However, the push to address the tensions stemming from this rapid growth also allow the suburbs to be a major source of urban innovation. Taking a critical social science perspective to identify political, economic, social, and environmental issues related to suburban infrastructures, this book highlights the similarities and differences between suburban infrastructure conditions encountered in the Global North and Global South. Adopting an international approach grounded in case studies from three continents, this book discusses infrastructure issues within different suburban and societal contexts: low-density infrastructure-rich Global North suburban areas, rapidly developing Chinese suburbs, and the deeply socially stratified suburbs of poor Global South countries. Despite stark differences between types of suburbs, there are features common to all suburban areas irrespective of their location, and similarities in the infrastructure issues confronting these different categories of suburbs.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (424 p.) : 7 b&w tables
ISBN:9781487531225
9783110652062
Acceso:restricted access

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