Suburbanisation and Suburbanisms – Making Sense of Continental European Developments

• DOI: 10.1007/s13147-018-0526-3
• Publication Date: 2018-02-12T09:46:41Z
• Authors: Markus Hesse; Stefan Siedentop
• Keywords: Gentrification; Theme (computing)

This paper provides a brief overview of recent developments and debates concerned with suburbanisation in continental Europe. While current discourses urban research practice still focus on processes reurbanisation the gentrification inner-city areas, suburbia continues to exist thrive. Depending definition applied, suburban areas attract large share in-migration employment growth cities developed countries. Given that popular meta-narratives are often spurred by, or refer to, North American studies, we take different perspective here, one based European trajectories development across city-regional considered be suburban, social associated (suburbanisms). Thus, aim avoid biased understanding as spatial category, which is mono-functional, non-sustainable, generic decline. Instead, observe variety huge, distinction between core fringe seems ambiguous ever. The paper, also introduces theme this special issue “Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research Planning”, bundles our findings along four themes: place economic development, shifting dynamics housing locales, life-cyclic nature suburbanisation, strategies for redevelopment. Finally, discuss certain topics may deserve addressed by future research, particularly variant suburbs.