ABSTRACT

This book examines and documents the remarkable development and transformation of suburban form throughout the globe during the twentieth century. The premise that suburban areas are monotonous, inert environments is put to a test through investigation of the complexity of those suburban settings and the dynamic physical changes that have taken place since their inception.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

Postwar growth and suburban development patterns

part |50 pages

Understanding the elements and the patterns

chapter |25 pages

Making a metropolitan landscape

Lyons 1812–1994

chapter |21 pages

The radial street as a timeline

A study of the transformation of elastic tissues

part |79 pages

The effect of planning

chapter |21 pages

Transformations of space

A retrospective on public housing in Singapore

chapter |25 pages

Planning for sprawl

The evolution of a regional shopping center

part |60 pages

The reconstruction of the suburbs

chapter |16 pages

The transformation of large postwar housing areas in Sweden

Adaptation to a blend of new and old planning ideas

chapter |22 pages

Conserving the suburb

Mechanisms, tensions, and results