Suburbanization and Suburbanism

A global phenomenon, suburbanization entails low-density settlement at the urban fringe. It is caused especially by urbanization, improved transportation, job decentralization, public policy, and a common preference for suburban living. Most suburbs are developed by private agents guided by the state; in the global South many are produced informally by squatters or ‘pirate’ developers. They take many forms: residential, industrial, mixed; …