Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs - Softcover

Lo, Lucia; Preston, Valerie; Anisef, Paul; Basu, Ranu; Wang, Shuguang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442628324 ISBN 13: 9781442628328

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs examines how the combination of the low-density, car-centric geography of outer suburbs and neoliberal governance in the past several decades has affected disadvantaged populations in North American metro areas. Taking the example of York Region, a large outer suburb north of Toronto, the authors provide a spatial analysis that illuminates the invisible geography of vulnerability in the region.

The volume examines access to social services by vulnerable groups who are not usually associated with the suburbs: recent immigrants, seniors, and low-income families. Investigating their access to four types of social infrastructure - education, employment, housing, and settlement services - this book presents a range of policy recommendations for how to address the social inequalities that characterize contemporary outer suburbs.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lucia Lo is a professor in the Department of Geography at York University. Valerie Preston is a professor in the Department of Geography at York University. Paul Anisef is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at York University. Ranu Basu is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at York University. Shuguang Wang is a professor in the Department of Geography at Ryerson University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1442628324
• ISBN 13: 9781442628328
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande