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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |60 pages
The changing form of suburbs
chapter |21 pages
Community, modernity, and urban change in Japan and the USA
Toyokawa and Cupertino in the late twentieth century
part |50 pages
Understanding the elements and the patterns
part |79 pages
The effect of planning
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