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Title Suburban form : an international perspective / edited by Kiril Stanilov and Brenda Case Scheer
Published New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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 This book examines and documents the remarkable development and transformation of suburban form throughout the globe during the twentieth century. The premise that suburban areas are monotonous, inert environments is put to a test through investigation of the complexity of those suburban settings and the dynamic physical changes that have taken place since their inception
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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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
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
Land use
Quality of life
Suburban homes
Suburban life
Suburbs
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Leefmilieu.
Landgebruik.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Stanilov, Kiril
Scheer, Brenda Case, 1951-
LC no. 2003007431
ISBN 0203561260
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