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A Systematic Examination Of The Historical And Current Roles That Cities And Suburbs Play In Us Metropolitan Areas. Explores The History Of Cities And Suburbs, Their Changing Dynamics With Each Other, Their Growing Diversity, The Environmental Consequences Of Their Development And Finally The Extent And Nature Of Their Decline And Renewal. From Publisher Description. The New Metropolitan Landscape -- The Rise Of The City -- The Rise Of The Suburban Metropolis -- The New Metropolis -- The New Metropolitan Model -- Portraits Of Metropolitan Diversity -- The Rise Of Immigrant Suburbs -- Suburban Gothic -- Suburbs In Crisis -- Metropolitan Public Policy -- Growth Management And Environmental Sustainability -- Prospects And Trajectories. Bernadette Hanlon, John Rennie Short, Thomas J. Vicino. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [268]-281) And Index.