The suburban question: Notes for a research program

Ali Modarres; Andrew Kirby

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2009.11.009

The suburban question: Notes for a research program

Ali Modarres, Andrew Kirby

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What we aim to do in this concluding discussion of the Special Issue is to present a broad overview of how suburban research might evolve. We offer a couple of foundational questions. The first of these is related to the many critiques of the suburbs-we ask if they now inhibit our understanding of suburban realities. The second is the way in which suburbs reflect fundamental responses to negative aspects of 19th and 20th century urban life, and whether these utopian instincts can be revived.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	114-121
Number of pages	8
Journal	Cities
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2009.11.009
State	Published - Apr 2010

Keywords

Design
Metropolitan growth
New Suburbanism
Popular culture
Suburbs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Development
Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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