The majority of Americans live in suburbs and until about a decade or so ago, most suburbs
had been assumed to be non-Hispanic White, affluent, and without problems. However …

Over the past several decades, researchers have investigated segregation, differentiating
between central cities and suburbs. However, suburbs have become more differentiated …

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 …

This paper is a critical examination of redevelopment in the older suburbs of Baltimore
County, Maryland between 2000 and 2014. Using exploratory spatial analysis techniques …

Vast interracial differences in wealth are well-known. We investigate a previously
unexplored source of such differences—removal of obsolete dams—thereby opening a new …

The 2008 financial crisis had profound impacts on government finances across the United
States, including a lasting decrease in public pension funding levels. Today state and local …

For over 100 years, and particularly in the years since World War II, Americans have been
suburbanizing. In 1910, just 7 percent of all Americans, or roughly 6.5 million people, lived in …

Assets like properties determine opportunities. Many immigrants have begun to bypass
cities and move straight to suburbs. Until the recent house price crash, suburbs had been …

This chapter explores the shifting geographic patterns of high-poverty neighbourhoods in
the Washington DC region from 1980–2010. It adds to the growing body of evidence about …

This chapter challenges contemporary sensibilities within France and internationally of the
banlieue as a ghetto. While the banlieue may be considered a suburban space on account …