Title & Author:

Old Europe, new suburbanization? : governance, land, and infrastructure in European suburbanization / edited by Nicholas A. Phelps.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
©2017

Description:

xviii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

Global suburbanisms

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction: Old Europe, new suburbanization? / Nicholas A. Phelps -- Madrid: the making of a global city region and the role of the suburbs / Amparo Tarazona Vento -- The failure of planning in a fragmented property market: Poland's model of suburbanization / Wojciech Wagner -- O Sofia, where art thou? Suburbs as stories of time and space / Sonia A. Hirt -- Ideology, planning, and meaning in suburbia: investigating the case of row house areas / Per Gunnar Røe -- The changing face of Athens: development pressures in the Maroussi and Kifissia suburbs / Ioannis Chorianopoulos, Alexandros Karvounis, Dimitris Ballas, and Nicholas A. Phelps -- Old wine in new bottles: land, population growth, and Montpellier's suburban face-off / Ute Lehrer and Roza Tchoukaleyska -- 'In-betweens' in time and space: the governance of suburbanisms in the Ruhr / Ludger Basten -- City of villages? Stasis and change in London's suburbs / Nicholas A. Phelps, Alan Mace, and Roya Jodieri -- Between farming villages and hedge-fund centres: the politics of urbanization in the border zone of the metropolitan region of Zurich / Rahel Nüssli -- Conclusion: Old Europe, new research themes / Nicholas A. Phelps.

Summary:

"The youthful vigour of urbanization in North America has promulgated a dominant perspective on urban theory, specifically on suburbs, that establishes the United States as the norm against which all other contexts are measured. However, much of the vocabulary surrounding the American experience isn't applicable to the wider world. Old Europe, New Suburbanization? takes us on a journey of rediscovery into some of Europe's oldest metropolises. The volume's contributors reveal the great variety of patterns and processes of urbanization that make Europe a fruitful ground for furthering the diversity of global suburbanisms. The effects of urban history found in such cities as Athens, London, Madrid, Montpellier, and Sofia, varies greatly due to the sheer variety of economic, industrial, land, and expansionist policies at play on the continent. This collection highlights the varied historical and geographical manifestations that have shaped urban areas and provides evidence for new processes of suburbanization."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781442648265 (cloth)
1442648260 (cloth)
9781442626010 (paper)
1442626011 (paper)

Subject:

Suburbs Europe Case studies.
Urbanization Europe Case studies.
City planning Europe Case studies.
Municipal government Europe Case studies.
Banlieues Europe Études de cas.
Urbanisation Europe Études de cas.
Administration municipale Europe Études de cas.
City planning.
Municipal government.
Suburbs.
Urbanization.
Stadtentwicklung
Europe.
Europa

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Phelps, N. A. (Nicholas A.), editor.
Global suburbanisms.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296252
Call No.: BIB 242697
Status: Available