Communities on the fringes of the American metropolis have recently garnered attention as
the centers of the foreclosure crisis and its aftermath. On the one hand, this attention to the …

That America entered a profound housing crisis in 2008 is well known. The wave of
foreclosures that began to sweep the nation has had radical economic effects. But the force …

The wake of the foreclosure crisis warrants renewed attention to geographies of race and
real estate. This case study of the San Francisco Bay Area shows that outlying exurban …

The term 'urban crisis' emerged in the USA in the 1950s. Ever since the term came into
popular use, it has been mobilised to advance a range of political and economic interests …

Neighborhood decline is a complex and multidimensional process. National and regional
variations in economic and political structures (including varieties in national welfare state …

DRIVE through any number of outer-ring suburbs in America, and you'll see boarded-up and
vacant strip malls, surrounded by vast seas of empty parking spaces. These forlorn …

In 2008, there will be at least 2.5 million new foreclosures in the United States. Record levels
of mortgage delinquency, default, and foreclosure are causing widespread hardship in cities …

Between 1965 and 1992, the metropolis of Los Angeles experienced a dramatic
transformation. Often at the forefront of new urbanization trends ever since its rapid growth in …

We encouraged our contributors to offer their own definitions and interpretations of urban
restructuring, the crisis, and the relationships between the two. However from the outset, the …

In the wake of the US housing crisis, what has happened to the substantial stock of
foreclosed or real estate–owned (REO) properties is only beginning to be understood. The …