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Book SynopsisOld 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.
Trade Review"Old Europe, New Suburbanization? is an admirably rich and detailed analysis, and is an invaluable volume for anyone seeking to understand European suburbanization now." -- Robert Fishman, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
"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." -- Markus Hesse, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Luxembourg
Table of Contents* Nicholas A. Phelps "Introduction: Old Europe, new suburbanization?" * Amparo Tarazona Vento "Madrid: the making of a global city-region and the role of the suburbs" * Wojciech Wagner "The failure of planning in a fragmented property market: Poland's model of suburbanization" * Sonia A. Hirt "O Sofia, where art thou? Suburbs as stories of time and space" * Per Gunnar Roe "Ideology, planning and meaning in suburbia: investigating the case of row house areas" * Ioannis Chorianopoulous, Alexandros Karvounis, Dimitris Ballas, and Nicholas A. Phelps "The Changing face of Athens: development pressures in the Maroussi and Kifissia suburbs" * Ute Lehrer and Roza Tchoukaleyska "Old wine in new bottles: land, population growth an Montpellier's suburban face off" * Ludger Basten "In-betweens in time and space: the governance of suburbanisms in the Ruhr" * Nicholas A. Phelps, Alan Mace and Roya Jodieri "City of Villages? Stasis and change in London's suburbs" * Rahel Nussli "Between farming villages and hedge fund centres: the politics of urbanization in the border zone of the metropolitan region of Zurich" * Nicholas A. Phelps "Conclusion: Old Europe, new research themes"
