Suburban Form: An International Perspective

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Summary

This book examines and documents the remarkable development and transformation of suburban form throughout the globe during the twentieth century.

Introduction: Postwar Growth and Suburban Development Patterns
The Changing Form of Suburbs. Introduction
Community, Modernity, and Urban Change in Japan and the USA: Toyokawa and Cupertino in the Late Twentieth Century
Complexity and Contradiction in the Ageing Early Postwar Suburbs of QuFbec City
Morphological Diversity in the Squatter Settlements of Rio de Janeiro
Understanding the Elements and the Patterns. Introduction
Making a Metropolitan Landscape: Lyons 1812-1994
Radial Street as a Timeline
The Effect of Planning
Introduction
Transformations of Space: A Retrospective on Public Housing in Singapore
Building Types and Urban Fabric of Rome's Outer Suburbs: From Reading to Planning
Planning for Sprawl: The Evolution of a Regional Shopping Center
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
Suburban Morphology and Portland's Urban Growth Boundary
Conserving the Suburb: Mechanisms, Tensions and Results
Index
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