Citation

Short JR, Hanlon B, Vicino TJ. Geogr. Comp. 2007; 1(3): 641-656.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00020.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this article, we critically examine transformation and decline in US suburbs. We identify four distinct, chronological phases of development: suburban utopias, suburban conformity, suburban diversity, and suburban dichotomy. An element of this new suburban dichotomy is what we term suburban gothic. We theorize that the forces of an aging housing stock, land-use planning, and deindustrialization contribute to the divergent realities of US suburbs.