Journal article
Using Toronto to Explore Three Suburban Stereotypes, and Vice Versa
Abstract
Urbanists share and reproduce three stereotypes about North American suburbs. First, many invoke a clichéd ideal: the desire to enjoy quiet privacy in a low-density residential environment near the urban fringe. Second, they assume that most suburbs have actually conformed to this ideal. Third, academics and planners alike agree on a stereotypical judgment: suburbs are to be deplored. This synthetic essay argues that residential patterns in …
Authors
Harris R
Journal
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 30–49
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
January 2015
DOI
10.1068/a46298
ISSN
0308-518X