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Author:   Judith De Jong
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780415642170

ISBN 10:   0415642175
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   10 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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...De Jong's exploration is an interesting and in some ways provocative call to professionals to think anew, considering the metropolis as a whole, but also as an entity that comprises a galaxy of particular settings. Summing Up: Recommended. -CHOICE The American suburbs no longer exist as physically and conceptually peripheral to the downtown, the central consciousness of urban development. According to Judith K. De Jong's new book, New SubUrbanisms, the suburbs' mainstream designation as places of seclusion, domesticity, superficiality, and safety (set in comparison to their accompanying denser urban downtowns), has collapsed in the wake of a feedback loop between central city and suburbia.. - Amelia Taylor-Hochberg, Editorial Manager, Archinect

...De Jong's exploration is an interesting and in some ways provocative call to professionals to think anew, considering the metropolis as a whole, but also as an entity that comprises a galaxy of particular settings. Summing Up: Recommended. -CHOICE

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