Considered to be sub-ordinated and sub-prime to the city; sub-urban areas receive little attention by researchers and designers. However; its the rapidly growing areas outside the central cities that pose the biggest questions of the urban millennium: How can the scattered patchwork of urban areas and social spaces linked by networks of highways and public transportation function as a sustainable and livable urban environment? Answering this question requires understanding suburban spaces as heterogeneous urban areas with distinct local characteristics; qualities; and problems. Following this path; Variations of Suburbanism explores formation; characteristics; and trends of suburban areas all over the world. It provides insights on common features and differences of suburban governance; design; and infrastructure and discusses strategies to understand and design suburban areas in an increasingly sub-urbanizing world.
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