http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/cssd_opolis/rss Recent eScholarship items from Opolis Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:06:36 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9k67874n Local Growth Suburbs: Investigating Change within the Metropolitan Context https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9k67874n Mon, 1 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Mikelbank, Brian A. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7jb9625t Landholders, Residential Land Conversion, and Market Signals https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7jb9625t Mon, 1 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Margulis, Harry L. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/739425j0 The Six Suburban Eras of the United States <em>Research Note</em> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/739425j0 Mon, 1 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Lang, Robert LeFurgy, Jennifer Nelson, Arthur C. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3s42g697 The State of Organizing in Midwestern First Suburbs <em>Commentary</em> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3s42g697 Mon, 1 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Puentes, Robert https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2b76f089 Urban Design to Reduce Automobile Dependence https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2b76f089 Mon, 1 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Newman, Peter Kenworthy, Jeffrey https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9kv3c563 <p>The principles that underlie "Smart Growth" were born in urban spaces to respond to modern needs. Most of the growth around the world is taking place at the edges of development as greenspace transforms into housing tracts and where older suburbs redefine themselves as the metropolitan edge.</p><p>In January, the Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development at the University of California, Riverside, the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, and the Orange County District Council of the Urban Land Institute hosted a one-day conference on applying the principles of smart growth to suburbs.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9kv3c563 Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Transcripts, Conference https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7t73w326 <p>Long Island public schools became somewhat less segregated in the decade between 1991 and 2001. But, this is heavily the product of population growth among minority groups, especially Hispanics. White students are more exposed to minority students than in the earlier period, but black students are less exposed to white students and their population, and that of Hispanics, increased.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7t73w326 Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Forman, Seth https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5392f4vq <p>This commentary interprets the development of upscale American suburbs in terms of the changing political economy associated with distinctive phases of political-economic development. The current outcome, it is suggested, is “Vulgaria:” the emblematic cultural landscapes of contemporary American suburbia. They are landscapes of bigness and spectacle, characterized by packaged developments, simulated settings, and conspicuous consumption, and they have naturalized an ideology of competitive consumption, moral minimalism, and disengagement from notions of social justice and civil society.</p><p>These landscapes are examined as an expression of modernity, focusing on the interdependence of consumption and production within the political economy of modern urbanization, on the roles of suburbia in terms of consumption and, in particular, on the “enchantment” that is necessary to sustained consumption and capital accumulation under successive phases of capital development and waves... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5392f4vq Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Knox, Paul https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1pq317cj <p>Capital accumulation is the driving force of urban economic development. Many contemporary urban problems—including rapid land price inflation, greater socio-spatial inequalities, and the stresses of middle-ring suburbs—are traceable to the forms that the accumulation process is taking. Changes in the relationships between industrial capital, financial capital, and property capital underpin these stresses. Changing consumption patterns and the impact of neoliberal economic policies also are accelerating urban economic restructuring. This article reflects on the challenges generated by these structural and spatial changes, drawing on Australian examples.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1pq317cj Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Stilwell, Frank https://escholarship.org/uc/item/84c145ms <p>Australian cities have undergone the same rapid suburbanization process as North American cities with very similar consequences. As the Australian economy transforms from manufacturing to services like all other leading Western nations, the suburbanization process is creating very large differences in the economic opportunity structure and the essential quality of life of many of Australia’s largest urban areas. This paper examines the economic and structural dimensions of Australia’s suburbanization process and suggests fundamental policy reforms to address these issues.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/84c145ms Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Randolph, Bill Holloway, Darren https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4056x5x3 Letter from the Editors https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4056x5x3 Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Blakely, Edward J. Lang, Robert E. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3ds2x3wn Managing Editor's Letter https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3ds2x3wn Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 McCue, Andy https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3d59t3d8 <p>A recent effort to precisely gauge how much a particular improvement will add to a home’s sale price reveals some surprising insights about the nature of the suburbs. Research shows that not all home improvements pay off—even some rather expensive ones. Hedonic modeling of recent sales data shows that characteristics such as professional offices and in-law suites can lower a suburban home’s price.</p><p>This article explores the reasons why certain property elements actually devalue a house. It argues that the neighborhood context may determine the relative value of some housing characteristics. In general, features that add to a property’s “urban intensity” can lower the sales price of single-family detached suburban homes.</p><p>The paper examines why suburban residents mostly resist changes that make their environment seem more like a city. It also considers what implications this resistance has for developers using New Urbanist design and suggests future research to better... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3d59t3d8 Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Lang, Robert E. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/16t4c093 <p>Metropolitan regions have evolved into highly diverse areas in their demographic, socioeconomic, and housing patterns. The issue of declining inner-ring suburbs, however, has only recently begun to receive significant attention from urban scholars and policy makers. The fundamental concept of the inner-ring suburb rests on the notion of the space “in between” the inner city and outer-ring suburbs. In this article, we explore intra-metropolitan spatial differentiations and economic disparity between four sub-areas — the downtown, inner city, inner-ring suburbs, and outer-ring suburbs—via a case study of the Philadelphia metropolitan region. Our analysis confirms that inner-ring suburbs are increasingly vulnerable to socioeconomic decline and exhibit symptoms of decline similar to those found in inner cities (white flight, population loss, and increased poverty). Understanding the role and conditions of inner-ring suburbs is essential to creating effective metropolitan smart... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/16t4c093 Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Green Leigh, Nancey Lee, Sugie https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0mz4k5pb <p>With characteristics differing from majority households, Latino growth is occurring at a time when California is torn between several urban development models—developing compact cities, preserving the environment, or increasing urban sprawl and slums. The central argument of this article is that Latinos’ cultural inclination to a lifestyle supportive of compact cities provides policymakers with a sustainable alternative that possesses a built-in consumer base. The development and advancement of compact cities in California may be dependent on the ability of policy makers to sustain and support the Latino lifestyle.</p><p>This article addresses city development policies that pressure Latinos to assimilate to the established US notion of appropriate space use and how they undercut the economic, social, and environmental benefits inherent in the Latino lifestyle. The article also illustrates the key role Latinos play in adapting and transforming existing neighborhoods to promote... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0mz4k5pb Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Mendez, Michael