Richard Harris, Ute Lehrer

The Suburban Land Question

A Global Survey
Herausgeber: Harris, Richard; Lehrer, Ute

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of The Suburban Land Question is to identify the common elements of land development in suburban regions around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781442649590
• ISBN-10: 1442649593
• Artikelnr.: 49442175

Autorenporträt

Richard Harris is a professor emeritus of urban geography at McMaster University. Ute Lehrer is an associate professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Photo Essay on the Spatial Morphology of Suburban Land
Development
1. The suburban land question: introduction
2. Alternative peripheries: socialist mass housing compared to modern
suburbia
3. Differentiated landscapes of suburban property
4. Beyond the suburban field
5. The morphology of dispersed suburbanism
6. The paradox of informality and formality
7. Comparing recent suburban developments in Austria and the Netherlands
8. Factors affecting development patterns in the suburbs of small to
mid-sized Canadian cities
9. Latin American suburbia
10. Urban governance, land use, and housing affordability
11. An effective public partnership for suburban land development
12. Production of Land for Real Estate Markets in the Suburban Area of
Chennai Metropolis
13. Conclusion: what are the suburban land questions?