The paper explores the external physical changes to owner-occupied houses that have occurred in the second half of the 20th century. It focuses on suburban roads developed in the inter-war period in England. The changes examined include the building
Spatial mismatch and costly suburban commutes : can commuting subsidies help ?
Proponents of the spatial mismatch hypothesis argue that job decentralisation harms low-income residents of central cities because of barriers that limit their access to suburban labour markets. The paper uses an urban equilibrium model of spatial
A model of urban growth with endogeneous suburban production centers
Industrial development ; Land ; Land rent ; Model ; Second order urban centre ; Suburbanization ; Transport cost ; Urban area ; Urban development ; Urban growth ; Urban model
Industry builds the city : the suburbanization of manufacturing in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1850-1940
California ; Historical geography ; Industrial branch ; Industrial district ; Industrial space ; Industrialization ; Nineteenth Century ; San Francisco ; Suburbanization ; Twentieth Century ; United States of America ; Urban history
research results based on a questionnaire survey of 110 firms are presented. On the basis of empirical evidences the main characteristics of the newly emerging suburban economy could be presented. - (JS)
Canada ; Entrepreneurship ; Historical geography ; Industrial district ; Industrial space ; Industrialization ; Industry ; Nineteenth Century ; North America ; Suburbanization ; Twentieth Century ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban
Demographic change ; Globalization ; Large city ; Regional disparities ; Suburbanization ; Suburbs ; Town ; United States of America ; Urban economy ; Urban structure
Homelessness ; Living standard ; Marginality ; Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia ; Poverty ; Social exclusion ; Suburbanization ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban policy ; Urban structure
California ; Centrality ; Governance ; Local policy ; Los Angeles ; Perception of the urban environment ; Regulation theory ; Social movement ; Suburbanization ; United States of America ; Urban policy