Title & Author:

Suburban form : an international perspective / edited by Kiril Stanilov and Brenda Case Scheer.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Description:

x, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
"This book is a compilation of eleven essays prepared for the ISUF 2001 Conference in Cincinnati and selected by the editors for their important global perspectives on suburban development"--P. vii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Postwar growth and suburban development patterns / Kiril Stanilov -- The changing form of suburbs. Introduction. Community, modernity, and urban change in Japan and the USA : Toyokawa and Cupertino in the late twentieth century / Piper Gaubatz. Complexity and contradiction in the ageing early postwar suburbs of Qubec City / Genevive Vachon, Nik Luka, Daniel Lacroix. Morphological diversity in the squatter settlements of Rio de Janeiro / Lilian Fessler Vaz and Paola Berenstein Jacques -- Understanding the elements and the patterns. Introduction. Making a metropolitan landscape : Lyons 1812-1994 / Jacqueline Tatom. Radial street as a timeline / Brenda Case Scheer -- The effect of planning. Introduction. Transformations of space : a retrospective on public housing in Singapore / Limin Hee and Chye-Kiang Heng. Building types and urban fabric of Rome's outer suburbs : from reading to planning / Maria Grazia Corsini. Planning for sprawl : the evolution of a regional shopping center / Kiril Stanilov -- 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 / Sonja Viden and Marina Botta. Suburban morphology and Portland's urban growth boundary / Thomas Harvey and Martha A. Works. Conserving the suburb : mechanisms, tensions and results / Peter J. Larkham.

Summary:

"Although international suburban development has been the subject of many economic, environmental and social texts there are no books that compare and analyze the actual form of international suburbs and peripheral developments. This book offers a framework and method for understanding these physical changes. The focus of all the chapters is the physical form of the suburbs, which has received considerable attention in the US and in the UK but has yet to be examined as an international issue. These chapters demonstrate that suburban and peripheral development is a global phenomenon with interesting continuities despite cultural differences."--Publisher's information.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415314755 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780415314756 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0415314763 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415314763 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0203561260 (eBook)
9780203561263 (eBook)

Subject:

Suburbs Cross-cultural studies.
Quality of life Cross-cultural studies.
Suburban life Cross-cultural studies.
Suburban homes Cross-cultural studies.
Land use Cross-cultural studies.
Banlieues Études transculturelles.
Qualité de la vie Études transculturelles.
Vie de la banlieue Études transculturelles.
Maisons de banlieue Études transculturelles.
Utilisation du sol Études transculturelles.
Land use
Quality of life
Suburban homes
Suburban life
Suburbs
Vorstadt
Lebensqualität
Kulturvergleich
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Leefmilieu.
Landgebruik.
Banlieue.
Qualité de vie.
Utilisation du sol.
Maison.
Étude transculturelle.

Form/genre:

Conference publications.
Cross-cultural studies

Added entries:

Stanilov, Kiril.
Scheer, Brenda Case, 1951-
International Seminar on Urban Form (8th : 2001 : Cincinnati, Ohio)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241253
Call No.: HT351 .S885 2004
Status: Available