Once the American dream : inner-ring suburbs of the metropolitan United States /

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At one time, a move to the suburbs was the American Dream for many families. However, despite the success of Levittown, NY, impoverished "inner-ring" suburbs-those closest to the urban core of metropolitan cities-like Lansdowne, MD, are in decline. As aging housing stock, foreclosures, sev...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hanlon, Bernadette, 1969- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
Sujets:
Suburbs > United States.
Suburbs > Economic aspects > United States.
Suburban life > United States.
Banlieues > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Vie de la banlieue > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Suburban life.
Suburbs.
Suburbs > Economic aspects.
United States.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Once the American dream
  • Decline is a new suburban reality
  • Defining inner-ring suburbs
  • Forces shaping inner-ring suburbs
  • Sidestepping inner-ring suburbs
  • Declining inner-ring suburbs
  • Suburbs in crisis
  • Different types of inner-ring suburbs
  • Fixing inner-ring suburbs
  • Conclusion.

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