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The New Metropolitan Reality in the US: Rethinking the Traditional Model

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  • Bernadette Hanlon

    (Department of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA, bhanlon1@umbc.edu)

  • Thomas Vicino

    (School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington, 601 S. Neddennan Drive, Arlington, TX 76019, USA, vicino@uta.edu)

  • John Rennie Short

    (Department of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA, jrs@umbc.edu)

Abstract

This paper critically evaluates the traditional metropolitan model of an urban core and a homogeneous suburban ring. Using place data from the US Bureau of the Census from 1980 to 2000, it examines 1639 suburbs from a sample of 13 metropolitan areas in the US. Poor, manufacturing, Black and immigrant suburbs are identified to show that metropolitan areas are less a simple dichotomous structure and more a mosaic of very diverse suburban places. The results suggest the need for more subtle frameworks in order better to understand the structure of contemporary metropolitan areas.

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  • Bernadette Hanlon & Thomas Vicino & John Rennie Short, 2006. "The New Metropolitan Reality in the US: Rethinking the Traditional Model," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 43(12), pages 2129-2143, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:43:y:2006:i:12:p:2129-2143
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980600936525
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    1. Michael B. Nye & Kate K. Mulvaney, 2016. "Who is Next? Identifying Communities with the Potential for Increased Implementation of Sustainability Policies and Programs," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-18, February.
    2. Christopher S. Fowler & Barrett A. Lee & Stephen A. Matthews, 2016. "The Contributions of Places to Metropolitan Ethnoracial Diversity and Segregation: Decomposing Change Across Space and Time," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 53(6), pages 1955-1977, December.

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