Old Europe, New Suburbanization?

Old Europe, New Suburbanization?

Governance, Land, and Infrastructure in European Suburbanization

In: Global Suburbanisms

Edited by: Nicholas A. Phelps

University of Toronto Press | 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442616479

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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.

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PhelpsNicholas A. :

Nicholas A. Phelps is a professor in the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London.

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Markus Hesse, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Luxembourg:

"Old Europe, New Suburbanization? is a very welcome addition to the existing body of literature on European suburbs and suburbaniszation. The scholarship presented here is sound and well backed supported, and promises to be offers a very timely and well-composed important contribution."

Robert Fishman, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan:

"Old Europe, New Suburbanization? is an admirably rich and detailed analysis, and is an invaluable volume for anyone seeking to understand European suburbanization now."

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	vii
Preface Nicholas A. Phelps Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	ix
Author Biographies Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xiii
1. Introduction: Old Europe, New Suburbanization? Nicholas A. Phelps Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	3
2. Madrid: The Making of a Global City Region and the Role of the Suburbs Amparo Tarazona Vento Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	18
3. The Failure of Planning in a Fragmented Property Market: Poland’s Model of Suburbanization Wojciech Wagner Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	41
4. O Sofia, Where Art Thou? Suburbs as Stories of Time and Space Sonia A. Hirt Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	66
5. Ideology, Planning, and Meaning in Suburbia: Investigating the Case of Row House Areas Per Gunnar Røe Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	85
6. The Changing Face of Athens: Development Pressures in the Maroussi and Kifissia Suburbs Ioannis Chorianopoulos, Alexandros Karvounis, Dimitris Ballas and Nicholas A. Phelps Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	110
7. Old Wine in New Bottles: Land, Population Growth, and Montpellier’s Suburban Face-off Ute Lehrer and Roza Tchoukaleyska Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	133
8. “In-betweens” in Time and Space: The Governance of Suburbanisms in the Ruhr Ludger Basten Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	158
9. City of Villages? Stasis and Change in London’s Suburbs Nicholas A. Phelps, Alan Mace and Roya Jodieri Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	183
10. Between Farming Villages and Hedge-Fund Centres: The Politics of Urbanization in the Border Zone of the Metropolitan Region of Zurich Rahel Nüssli Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	207
11. Conclusion: Old Europe, New Research Themes Nicholas A. Phelps Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	237
Author Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	249
Subject Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	257

Old Europe, New Suburbanization?

Governance, Land, and Infrastructure in European Suburbanization

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