Books in the Global Suburbanisms series

This is the first comprehensive look at the role of North American suburbs in the last half century, departing from traditional and outdated notions of American suburbia.

Suburban Governance: A Global View is a groundbreaking set of essays by leading urban scholars that assess how governance regulates the creation of the world's suburban spaces and everyday life within them.

The book takes a critical social science perspective to identify political, economic, social, and environmental issues related to suburban infrastructures. Cases highlight similarities and differences between suburban infrastructure conditions encountered in the Global North and Global South.

Global suburbanization occurs through massive settlements that range from single-family homes to large-scale tower blocks. Leading international experts discuss and explain massive suburbanization's shared themes and differences across multiple nations and regions.