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City Suburbs : Placing suburbia in a post-suburban world.
The majority of the world's population is now urban, and for most this will mean a life lived in the suburbs. City Suburbs considers contemporary Anglo-American suburbia, drawing on research in outer London it looks at life on the edge of a world city from the perspective of residents. Interpre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; In conversation with Professor Sir Peter Hall; 1 Introduction; A suburban-urban world; Post-suburbia; Constructing suburbia; Structure of the book; Summary; 2 The contemporary context; Introduction; Global suburbia; Cities, regions; Residential impacts of agglomeration and dispersal; Summary; 3 Suburban homeland; Introduction; Private project; The suburban state; Managing the city; The city-suburban binary; Summary; 4 Variegated suburbia; Introduction; Suburban difference.
- Suburban society and politicsSummary; 5 constructing suburban meaning; Introduction; The Bourdieuian approach; Distinction; Critiques; Bourdieu in the 'burbs; Summary; 6 Semi-detached London?; Introduction; Moving across the urban canvas; Suburban distinction?; Participation; Summary; 7 Change in outer London; Introduction; Policy turns; Ethnicity and change; Place and porosity; Summary; 8 Placing the suburbs; Introduction; Place; Placing in historical context; Beyond Anglo-American histories; History and meaning-making; Placing meaning; Place as relational; Conclusions; Appendix; References.