Social infrastructure and vulnerability in the suburbs / Lucia Lo, Valerie Preston, Paul Anisef, Ranu Basu, and Shuguang Wang.

Main entry:

Lo, Pui-Chun Lucia, 1948-, author.

Title & Author:

Social infrastructure and vulnerability in the suburbs / Lucia Lo, Valerie Preston, Paul Anisef, Ranu Basu, and Shuguang Wang.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
©2015

Description:

xvi, 191 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vulnerability and neoliberalism in the suburbs -- York Region, a prime example of the outer suburbs -- Vulnerability in York Region -- Education infrastructure in York Region -- Employment services in York Region -- Housing infrastructure in York Region -- Settlement services in York Region.

Summary:

"Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs examines how the combination of the historically low-density, car-centric geography of outer suburbs and the entrenchment of neoliberal governance in the past several decades have affected disadvantaged populations in North American metropolitan areas. Taking the prime example of York Region, a large outer suburb north of Toronto, the authors analyse patterns of demographic change and vulnerability in the suburbs. The volume looks at use of and access to support services by vulnerable groups who are not traditionally associated with the suburbs: recent immigrants, seniors, and low-income families. Providing empirical evidence on four types of public infrastructure - education, employment, housing, and settlement services - this book also presents a range of policy recommendations on how to address the social inequalities that characterize these rapidly growing suburban areas."--1st preliminary page.

ISBN:

9781442650244 (hardback)
1442650249
9781442628328 (paperback)
1442628324

Subject:

Infrastructure (Economics) Ontario Toronto Suburban Area.
Neoliberalism Economic aspects Ontario Toronto Suburban Area.
Neoliberalism Social aspects Ontario Toronto Suburban Area.
Human geography Ontario Toronto Suburban Area.
Infrastructure (Économie politique) Ontario Toronto, Région de.
Néo-libéralisme Aspect économique Ontario Toronto, Région de.
Néo-libéralisme Aspect social Ontario Toronto, Région de.
Géographie humaine Ontario Toronto, Région de.
POLITICAL SCIENCE American Government Local.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy City Planning & Urban Development.
SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology Urban.
Economic policy.
Human geography.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Social policy.
Vorstadt
Soziale Infrastruktur
Toronto Suburban Area (Ont.) Economic policy.
Toronto Suburban Area (Ont.) Social policy.
Toronto, Banlieue de (Ont.) Politique économique.
Toronto, Banlieue de (Ont.) Politique sociale.
Ontario Toronto Suburban Area.
Toronto

Form/genre:

Statistics.

Added entries:

Anisef, Paul, 1942-, author.
Wang, Shuguang, 1956- author.
Preston, Valerie A, author.
Basu, Ranu, 1964-, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 291415
Call No.: HC118.T6 L6 2015
Notes: paperback
Status: Available

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