International Perspectives on Suburbanization A Post-Suburban World [Hardcover]

New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasingly common in outer city regions across the world. This book examines the processes of post-suburbanization in international perspective, exploring how developments across the world might be considered post-suburban.Preface PART I: CITY, SUBURB AND POST-SUBURB Introduction: International Perspectives on Suburbanisation: A Post-suburban World?;? ? N. A. Phelps ?& F. Wu Suburbia and Post-suburbia: A Brief History; ? J. C. Teaford The Restless Landscape of Metroburbia Elisabeth Chaves; ? P. Knox ?& D. Bieri Post-suburbia and City-region Politics; ? R. Keil ?& D. Young PART II: POST-SUBURBIA IN THE AMERICAS Post-suburban Regionalism: From Local Politics of Exclusion to Regional Politics of Economic Development; ? A. E. Jonas Privatisation of the Fringes  A Latin American Version of Post-suburbia: The Case of Santiago de Chile Dirk Heinrichs; M. Lukas ?& H. Nuissl From Country Club to Edge city? Gated Residential Communities and the Transformation of Pilar, Argentina; ? S. Roitman ?& N. A. Phelps PART III: POST-SUBURBIA AND EUROPE'S COMPACT CITIES Post-suburbia in Continental Europe; ?M. Bontje and J. Burdack Post-suburbia in the Context of Urban Containment: The Case of the South East of England; ? A. Cochrane Khimki in Moscow City-region: From 'closed city' to 'edge city'?; ? O. Golubchikov, N. A. Phelps ?& A. Makhrova PART IV: VARIETIES OF POST-SUBURBIA IN EAST ASIA Post suburban Elements in an Asian Extended Metropolitan Region: Jabodetabek (Jakarta metropolitan area); T. Firman Post-suburban Tokyo? Urbanization, Suburbanization, Reurbanization; ? A. Sorensen New Towns for Suburbs? Developmental State Politics and New Town Development in Seoul Metropolitan Region; ? Y-SLee ?& H. Shin Conclusion: Post Suburban Worlds?; ? F. Wu & N. A. Phelps Notes References IndexDAVID BIERI Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of l³â