Over the last two decades, suburban studies have emerged from a call for a new conceptual
order to go beyond the traditional dichotomies of the urban realm, namely, the centre …

Starting from current debates on 'global suburbanism'and 'postsuburbia', this article explores
the changes that the former 'urban periphery'of Zurich North has experienced in the last …

4 Richard Harris and Ute Lehrer suburbs, no longer fit–if indeed they ever did (see Christian
Schmid in chapter 4; Harris and Lewis 2001; Soja 1992; Lehrer 1994). Cities, she notes, are …

The financialization of housing has become a crucial discussion point since the financial
crisis of 2008. This dissertation aims at focusing on the financialization of housing in the …

During the 1980s Zurich developed into a small but highly connected type of global city,
specializing in a narrow sector of financial industries and global headquarter functions. This …

Suburban areas are often described as monotonous and generic. In Europe, however,
suburban areas show distinct morphological and functional configurations in different …

Prostor na rubovima gradova, shvaćen u najopćenitijem smislu, kao i naselja koja su dio
toga prostora specifičan su socioprostorni laboratorij današnjice. Grad prodire u svoju …

This paper examines the ways in which two mass transit projects, the Eglinton Crosstown in
Toronto, and the Réseau express métropolitain in Montréal, are responding to changes and …

This dissertation examines the discursive production of new developments and the
reinvention of suburban image in the municipalities arcing around the City of Toronto …

The present essay deals with the centres of the growing and dynamic Zurich agglomeration,
notably those in the communities of Schlieren, Thalwil, and Wallisellen. The primary study …