Suburbia in the 21st century : from dreamscape to nightmare?

International perspective: the books showcases what is happening as well as how and why things are changing in the suburbs and how the suburbs and policymakers are responding to these changes in a rich mix of nations. These include: Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Spain, the UK and the US. Multi-disciplinary: the book analyses suburbia through a set of inter-related academic disciplines - urban planning, geography, sociology and cultural studies - that help develop a more rounded understanding of the meanings/perceptions, condition/challenges and prospects of the suburbs in the 21st century. Rich mix of case studies: the book offers insights into the structure and nature of the suburbs by examining a number of discrete, but inter-connected, issues. These include: an ageing population; multiculturalism and migration; the significance of the shopping mall in suburban life; changing housing markets; demographic and spatial trends within and across suburbia; and, people's attachment and attitudes towards the suburbs. Enhancing knowledge: the book provides a rich mix of theoretical and empirical analysis on the suburbs which will help enhance not only academic knowledge but also policy knowledge and understanding. Fosters Mentoring/Development: the book includes contributions from a mix of established and early career academics and will thus act as a platform for fostering academic networking, mentoring and development that the editors will play an instrumental role in facilitating as they oversee the production and completion of this book.

1. Suburbia in the 21st Century: From Dreamscape to Nightmare? Part I: Representations of Suburbia 2. Fixing Post-suburbia: Recalibrating the Way we Think, Speak, and Act Upon Toronto's Periphery 3. Master Planned and Active Lifestyles Developments in Australia: Gerotopian Dream or Dystopian Nightmare? 4. Suburban Shopping Malls in Melbourne, Australia: Changing Roles and Impacts as New Town Centres for Diverse Communities 5. Liminal Space, Film Noir, and the Production of the (American) Suburb Part II: To Suburbia and Beyond 6. The Canadian Dream? Growth Trends in Canada's Suburban and Urban Neighbourhoods 7. Place Attachment in Non-Place Spaces? Community, Belonging and Mobilities in 'Post-Suburban' South East England 8. Does Galicia Experience Suburbanisation? (Sub)Urban Processes, Morphologies, and Planning on the Morrazo Peninsula 9. Suburban Housing Estates in Finland: Historic Development and Contemporary Challenges Part III: From Dreamscape to Nightmare? 10. Worlds Away in Suburbia: The Changing Geography of High-Poverty Neighbourhoods in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area 11. End of the (Sub)Urban Dream? The Foreclosure Crisis and Unmarried Partnered, Same-Sex Households in the United States 12. Between the Suburbs and the Banlieue 13.No Soft Landing for the Suburbs: Credit, Debt, and the Fracturing of the Suburban Dream in Ireland Conclusions 14. Covid-19 (Sub)Urbanisms: From Dreamscape to Nightmare?