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1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction. Postwar growth and suburban development patterns / Kiril Stanilov -- The changing form of suburbs. Introduction. Community, modernity, and urban change in Japan and the USA : Toyokawa and Cupertino in the late twentieth century / Piper Gaubatz. Complexity and contradiction in the ageing early postwar suburbs of Qubec City / Genevive Vachon, Nik Luka, Daniel Lacroix. Morphological diversity in the squatter settlements of Rio de Janeiro / Lilian Fessler Vaz and Paola Berenstein Jacques -- Understanding the elements and the patterns. Introduction. Making a metropolitan landscape : Lyons 1812-1994 / Jacqueline Tatom. Radial street as a timeline / Brenda Case Scheer -- The effect of planning. Introduction. Transformations of space : a retrospective on public housing in Singapore / Limin Hee and Chye-Kiang Heng. Building types and urban fabric of Rome's outer suburbs : from reading to planning / Maria Grazia Corsini. Planning for sprawl : the evolution of a regional shopping center / Kiril Stanilov -- The reconstruction of the suburbs. Introduction. The transformation of large postwar housing areas in Sweden : adaptation to a blend of new and old planning ideas / Sonja Viden and Marina Botta. Suburban morphology and Portland's urban growth boundary / Thomas Harvey and Martha A. Works. Conserving the suburb : mechanisms, tensions and results / Peter J. Larkham. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Suburbs -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Suburbs. |
Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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Subject |
Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Quality of life. |
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Suburban life -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Suburban life. |
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Suburban homes -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Suburban homes. |
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Land use -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Land use. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Stanilov, Kiril.
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Scheer, Brenda Case, 1951-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Suburban form. New York : Routledge, 2004 0415314755 0415314763 (DLC) 2003007431 (OCoLC)52047519 |
ISBN |
0203561260 (electronic book) |
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9780203561263 (electronic book) |
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0415314763 (Paper) |
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0415314755 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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