Social infrastructure and vulnerability in the suburbs /
Author / Creator: | Lo, Lucia, author. |
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Imprint: | Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015] |
Description: | xvi, 191 pages ; 23 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10149819 |
Summary: | Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbsexamines 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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Physical Description: | xvi, 191 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781442650244 1442650249 9781442628328 1442628324 |