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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826113703321

Autore

Phelps N. A (Nicholas A.)

Titolo

Sequel to suburbia : glimpses of America's post-suburban future / / Nicholas A. Phelps

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-262-33075-X

0-262-33074-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Urban and industrial environments

Disciplina

307.740973

Soggetti

Suburbs - United States

Urbanization - United States

City planning - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Locating Post-Suburbs in a Metropolitan Context; 3 The Suburbs and Their Contradictions; 4 Politics and the Private and Collective Dynamics of America's Post-Suburban Future; 5 Kendall Downtown; 6 Taming Tysons; 7 Schaumburg; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Series List; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How the decentralized, automobile-oriented, and fuel-consuming model of American suburban development might change.