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Historically, We See The City As The Cramped, Crumbling Core Of Development And Culture, And The Suburb As The Vast Outlying Wasteland - Convenient, But Vacant. Contemporary Urban Design Proves Us Wrong. In New Suburbanisms, Judith De Jong Explains The On-going Flattening Of The American Metropolis, As Suburbs Are Becoming More Like Their Central Cities - And Cities More Like Their Suburbs Through Significant Changes In Spatial And Formal Practice As Well As Demographic And Cultural Changes. These Revisionist Practices Are Exemplified In The Emergence Of Hybrid Sub/urban Conditions Such As Parking Practices, The Residential Densification Of Suburbia, Hyper-programmed Public Spaces And Inner City Big-box Retail, Among Others--provided By Publisher. Cover; New Suburbanisms; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table Of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Image Credits; 1 Framework; 2 Car Space; 3 Domestic Space; 4 Public Space; 5 Retail Space; 6 Mix And Match; 7 New Sub/urbanisms; Notes; Bibliography; Index Judith K. De Jong. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English