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Suburban Frontiers

Suburban Frontiers is a theoretical framework within urban studies that identifies and analyzes the dynamic, often contested zones at the expanding edges of metropolitan areas where urban development, infrastructure, and socio-spatial relations reconfigure in response to suburbanization and peripheral growth.

77

Publications

9.7K

Citations

95

Authors

41

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Parents

Publications

77

Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West.

Roderick Nash, William Cronon · The American Historical Review · 1992 · 1.9K citations

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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States

Terry Cooney, Kenneth T. Jackson · The History Teacher · 1987 · 1.8K citations

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Suburban nation: the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American dream

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 1.4K citations

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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States

David R. Goldfield, Kenneth T. Jackson · The New England Quarterly · 1986 · 796 citations

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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States

Thomas L. Bell, Kenneth T. Jackson · Geographical Review · 1986 · 501 citations

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Authors

95

  1. KT
    Kenneth T. Jackson

    Columbia University, United States

    7 publications · 3.8K citations

    7

    h-index

  2. RC
    Robert Cervero

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 64 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. JC
    Jon C. Teaford

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    2 publications · 98 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. NA
    Nicholas A. Phelps

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 90 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. LH
    Lauren Hirshberg

    American Council of Learned Societies, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

    h-index

1–5 of 95

Institutions

41

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  2. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    114 citations

  3. Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  4. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  5. Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    110 citations

  6. Queensland University of Technology

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    33 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 1.7K citations

    10

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  2. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    4 publications · 146 citations

    4

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  3. Urban Geography

    4 publications · 207 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Urban History

    JUH · 3 publications · 69 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 2.3K citations

    2

    h-index

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