Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs
Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9781442650244
- ISBN-10: 1442650249
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press
- Publish Date: April 2015
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 208
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