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A Plague of Bulldozers: Celestine Sibley and Suburban Sprawl

open access: yesSouthern Spaces, 2009
Using murder mysteries to address what she saw as destructive, rather than progressive, forces coming from the city into the countryside of north Fulton County, Georgia, journalist and fiction writer Celestine Sibley (1914–1999) attempted to present the ...
Margaret T. McGehee
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Segregation's New Geography: The Atlanta Metro Region, Race, and the Declining Prospects for Upward Mobility

open access: yesSouthern Spaces, 2015
Few metropolitan areas better represent recent national demographic trends and the challenges of neighborhood- and school-based segregation than the Atlanta metro region.
Karen Pooley
doaj   +1 more source

Building Stronger Suburbs: Adaptability and Resilience Best Practices From Suburban Houston

open access: yes, 2016
This report highlights best practices for creating resilient and adaptable development in diverse suburban communities, looking at several case studies around the Houston area.
Shelton, Kyle
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Resisting Amnesia: Renewing and Expanding the Study of Suburban Inequality

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2023
Suburban inequality is the focus of this double issue of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. This introduction addresses the limited related scholarship, describes how inequality unfolds differently in suburban communities ...
R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy   +3 more
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New Patterns of Segregation: Latino and African American Students in Metro Atlanta High Schools

open access: yesSouthern Spaces, 2009
Beth Tarasawa writes about the changing patterns of school segregation for Latino and African American students in Atlanta.
Beth Tarasawa
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Suburban Planet. Making the World Urban from the Outside In

open access: yes, 2018
Book Review by Pablo Mendez of Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In written by Roger ...
Mendez, Pablo
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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crossing Over: Sustainability, New Urbanism, and Gentrification in Austin, Texas

open access: yesSouthern Spaces, 2015
In this essay, Andrew M. Busch discusses the histories of segregation and gentrification in Austin, Texas's Eastside and examines the rise of New Urbanism in the development of the Eastside's Eleventh Street corridor.
Andrew M. Busch
doaj   +1 more source

Policy paper suburban land holdings [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Report : 32 leaves ...
Institute of Urban Studies
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When the conditions get under the skin: Thinking urban health relationally

open access: yes, 2022
Insbesondere in Städten werden Gesundheitsungleichheiten individuell verkörpert. Gleichzeitig werden sie in Recht-auf-Stadt-Kämpfen kollektiv adressiert. Dennoch bleibt das Verhältnis zwischen Gesundheit und Ungleichheit in der Kritischen Stadtgeographie
Bůžek, Richard   +3 more
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