Metroburbia, USA

Metroburbia, USA
Author :
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 248
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780813543574
ISBN-13 : 0813543576
Rating : 4/5 (576 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Metroburbia, USA by : Paul L. Knox

Download or read book Metroburbia, USA written by Paul L. Knox and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of economic prosperity in the United States have redefined the American dream. Paul Knox explores how extreme versions of this dream have changed the American landscape. Increased wealth has led America?s metropolitan areas to develop into vast sprawling regions of?metroburbia??fragmented mixtures of employment and residential settings, combining urban and suburban characteristics. Upper-middle-class Americans are moving into larger homes in greater numbers, which leads Knox to explore the relationship between built form and material culture in contemporary society. He covers changes.


Metroburbia, USA Related Books

Metroburbia, USA
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Paul L. Knox
Categories: Suburban life
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

GET EBOOK

Decades of economic prosperity in the United States have redefined the American dream. Paul Knox explores how extreme versions of this dream have changed the Am
Better By Design?
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Paul L. Knox
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-09 - Publisher: Virginia Tech Publishing

GET EBOOK

The design professions—architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, and urban design—share a great deal in terms of intellectual antecedents, profes
Massive Suburbanization
Language: en
Pages: 394
Authors: K. Murat Guney
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-06 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

GET EBOOK

Providing a systematic overview of large-scale housing projects, Massive Suburbanization investigates the building and rebuilding of urban peripheries on a glob
The Rule of Logistics
Language: en
Pages: 389
Authors: Jesse LeCavalier
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-26 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

GET EBOOK

Every time you wheel a shopping cart through one of Walmart’s more than 10,000 stores worldwide, or swipe your credit card or purchase something online, you e
Handbook of Political Citizenship and Social Movements
Language: en
Pages: 710
Authors: Hein-Anton van der Heijden
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-31 - Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

GET EBOOK

øThis Handbook uniquely collates the results of several decades of academic research in these two important fields. The expert contributions successively addre