Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface ix
5. Author Biographies xiii
6. 1. Introduction: Old Europe, New Suburbanization? 3
7. 2. Madrid: The Making of a Global City Region and the Role of the Suburbs 18
8. 3. The Failure of Planning in a Fragmented Property Market: Poland’s Model of Suburbanization 41
9. 4. O Sofia, Where Art Thou? Suburbs as Stories of Time and Space 66
10. 5. Ideology, Planning, and Meaning in Suburbia: Investigating the Case of Row House Areas 85
11. 6. The Changing Face of Athens: Development Pressures in the Maroussi and Kifissia Suburbs 110
12. 7. Old Wine in New Bottles: Land, Population Growth, and Montpellier’s Suburban Face-off 133
13. 8. “In-betweens” in Time and Space: The Governance of Suburbanisms in the Ruhr 158
14. 9. City of Villages? Stasis and Change in London’s Suburbs 183
15. 10. Between Farming Villages and Hedge-Fund Centres: The Politics of Urbanization in the Border Zone of the Metropolitan Region of Zurich 207
16. 11. Conclusion: Old Europe, New Research Themes 237
17. Author Index 249
18. Subject Index 257