Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, City Planning & Urban Development, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography
| Author: | Lucia Lo, Valerie Preston, Paul Anisef, Ranu Basu, Shuguang Wang | ISBN: | 9781442622647 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division | Publication: | March 27, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lucia Lo, Valerie Preston, Paul Anisef, Ranu Basu, Shuguang Wang |
| ISBN: | 9781442622647 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |
| Publication: | March 27, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
