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Suburbanization is a term to describe the growth and spatial reorganization of contemporary city. The growth out of the compact city is the result of the ... Skiptomaincontent Skiptotableofcontents EncyclopediaofQualityofLifeandWell-BeingResearch 2014Edition | Editors: AlexC.Michalos Contents Search SuburbanizationAuthorsAuthorsandaffiliationsGiovanni PierettiReferenceworkentryDOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2913 719 Downloads Howtocite Synonyms Scatteredsettlements;Urbandispersion;Urbanization;Urbansprawl Definition Suburbanizationisatermtodescribethegrowthandspatialreorganizationofcontemporarycity.Thegrowthoutofthecompactcityistheresultoftheflowofpopulation,dwellingplaces,andcommercialandindustrialactivitiestonewlow-densitysettlements.Suburbsriseoutofthehistoricallydefinedbordersofthecity,buttheyoftenfunctionallydependoncitythroughcommuting. Description Thedevelopmentoftransportandinfrastructureshasbeenthegrassrootsofmodernsuburbanizationsincethelastdecadeofthe1800s.Thesubsequentmassdiffusionofautomobile–firstintheUSAandthenelsewhere–andtheimplementationofawideroadsystemallowedmanywealthyfamiliestomoveouteasilyfrombig,dirty,andovercrowdedcities;so,theycouldenjoyalltheaestheticadvantagesofthecountrysidewheresuburbswerebuilt.However,thereal“explosion”ofsuburbanizationoccurred... Thisisapreviewofsubscriptioncontent,logintocheckaccess.ReferencesBerger,B.(1960).Workingclasssuburb.Berkeley,CA:UniversityofCaliforniaPress.GoogleScholarFishman,R.(2003).Globalsuburbs.WorkingpapersURRC03–01,TheTaubmanCollegeofArchitectureandPlanning,TheUniversityofMichigan.GoogleScholarGans,H.(1967).TheLevittowners:Lifeandpoliticsinanewsuburbancommunity.NewYork:PantheonBooks.GoogleScholarGuest,A.M.,&Nelson,G.H.(1978).Centralcity-suburbanstatusdifferences:Fiftyyearsofchange.TheSociologicalQuarterly,19,7–23.GoogleScholarJackson,K.T.(1985).Crabgrassfrontier:ThesuburbanizationoftheUnitedStates.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.GoogleScholarLogan,J.R.(1992).Suburbanization.InE.Borgatta(Ed.),Encyclopediaofsociology(Vol.4,pp.2104–2111).NewYork:Macmillan.GoogleScholarCopyrightinformation© SpringerScience+BusinessMediaDordrecht 2014AuthorsandAffiliationsGiovanni Pieretti1Emailauthor1.DepartmentofSociologyandBusinessLawUniversityofBolognaBolognaItaly Howtocite Citethisentryas: PierettiG.(2014)Suburbanization.In:MichalosA.C.(eds)EncyclopediaofQualityofLifeandWell-BeingResearch.Springer,Dordrecht.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2913 .RIS Papers ReferenceManager RefWorks Zotero .ENW EndNote .BIB BibTeX JabRef Mendeley Aboutthisentry DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5 PublisherName Springer,Dordrecht PrintISBN 978-94-007-0752-8 OnlineISBN 978-94-007-0753-5 eBookPackages Humanities,SocialSciencesandLaw ReferenceModuleHumanitiesandSocialSciences ReprintsandPermissions Searchbook Searchwithinbook Typeforsuggestions Tableofcontents Previous Page   276 Navigatetopagenumber   of   311 Next Aboutthisreferencework Introduction Editorsandaffiliations Bibliographicinformation S SubstituteorAlternativeCare SubstitutionTreatmentforOpiateDependence SubtlePrejudice Suburbanization SuccessfulAging(SA) SuccessfulCompletionofUpperSecondaryPrograms Suffering SuicidalBehavior SulfurDioxideEmissionsinOECDCountries SumofPleasuresandPains SumofSquares SummaryQualityofLifeIndices SummumBonum Sunlight SupercriticalFluidExtractionasaGreenTechnology SupervisoryCareofChildren SupportforGlobalizationForcesIndex SupportGroup(s) SupportMeasures SupportNetwork