ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

part I|66 pages

Suburban Poverty

chapter 2|24 pages

The Resurgence of Concentrated Poverty in America

Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s

chapter 3|40 pages

Debunking the “Cookie-Cutter” Myth for Suburban Places and Suburban Poverty

Analyzing Their Variety and Recent Trends

part II|52 pages

Racial, Ethnic, and Nativist Change

chapter 5|18 pages

Local Immigration Legislation in Two Suburbs

An Examination of Immigration Policies in Farmers Branch, Texas, and Carpentersville, Illinois

part III|44 pages

Suburban Decline—or Not?

chapter 6|20 pages

Beyond Sprawl

Social Sustainability and Reinvestment in the Baltimore Suburbs

chapter 7|22 pages

Metropolitan Growth Patterns and Inner-Ring Suburban Decline

A Longitudinal Analysis of the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas

part IV|36 pages

Suburban Foreclosures

chapter 9|24 pages

Punctuated Equilibrium

Community Responses to Neoliberalism in Three Suburban Communities in Baltimore County, Maryland

part V|74 pages

Suburban Policy