Overview

The majority of Americans live in suburbs and until about a decade or so ago, most suburbs had been assumed to be non-Hispanic White, affluent, and without problems. However, recent data have shown that there are changing trends among U.S. suburbs. This book provides timely analyses of current suburban issues by utilizing recently published data from the 2010 Census and American Community Survey to address key themes including suburban poverty; racial and ethnic change and suburban decline; suburban foreclosures; and suburban policy.

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'The old dichotomy between affluent suburbs and problem central cities of metropolitan USA is fast disappearing. Suburbs in the US are now at the forefront of wrenching change including increasing concentrations of the poor, housing foreclosures and growing racial and ethnic diversity. This edited book provides a wide-ranging discussion and case studies of this new metropolitan reality and is essential reading to understand the predicament of the suburbs and the possibilities of appropriate public policies.' John Rennie Short, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA 'Katrin Anacker and the authors advance detailed research into associations, causes, and consequences of diverse socio-economic and poverty trajectories affecting thousands of suburbs. The researchers explore important policy effects, such as urban containment policies, on suburban poverty, and whether urban sustainability policies can be implemented to increase equity among income and racial groups.' William H. Lucy, University of Virginia, USA 'American suburbia is not what it used to be: the classical donut metaphor - suggesting an empty core and a sugar-glazed ring - does not hold up to serious scrutiny. A closer look behind the white picket fence reveals a complex social reality. While experts and residents have been suspecting this for a while, Katrin B. Anacker's edited collection The New American Suburb drills down through the multi-layered fabric that is today's urban periphery. The voices assembled in this important empirically rich volume are part of a more profound shift in Urban Studies: to rethink our metropolitan regions from the outside in.' Roger Keil, York University, Canada

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Katrin B. Anacker is Associate Professor at George Mason University's School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, Arlington, VA, USA.

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