2007/04/11 by John Rennie Short, Bernadette Hanlon, Thomas J. Vicino · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Urbanization and City Planning #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies #Urban Planning and Governance
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00020.x
openalex publication_date 2007/04/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/12
Abstract In this article, we critically examine transformation and decline in US suburbs. We identify four distinct, chronological phases of development: suburban utopias, suburban conformity, suburban diversity, and suburban dichotomy. An element of this new suburban dichotomy is what we term suburban gothic. We theorize that the forces of an aging housing stock, land‐use planning, and deindustrialization contribute to the divergent realities of US suburbs.