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Urban / Rural Hybrids: The Urbanisation of Former Suburbs (Urfsurbs)

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  • Kühne Olaf

    (Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Fakultät Landschaftsarchitektur, Am Hofgarten 4, D-85354 Freising, Germany)

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In pace with changing social developments, cities undergo regular processes of transformation. Thus, following a temporary preference for suburban living, the inner city has for some years now been enjoying a residential renaissance. A further, as yet little noticed, trend is the urbanisation of former suburbs. Encompassing urbanisation and gentrification processes found in the inner-ring suburbs, this entails a breaking of established dichotomies and the development of hybrid phenomena that can be encapsulated in the acronym URFSURBS: ‘urbanisation of former suburbs’. Focusing on examples from Southern California and Greater Paris, this article places these developments in context and outlines their implications for future research.

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  • Kühne Olaf, 2016. "Urban / Rural Hybrids: The Urbanisation of Former Suburbs (Urfsurbs)," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 35(4), pages 23-34, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:quageo:v:35:y:2016:i:4:p:23-34:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/quageo-2016-0032
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