<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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.</p></abstract>

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.

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

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

Quaestiones Geographicae

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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...

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

Published Online: Dec 22, 2016

Page range: 23 - 34

Received: Jul 09, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0032

Keywords
suburbia, urbanisation, hybridisation, urban/rural hybrids, URFSURBS

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

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

Published Online: Dec 22, 2016

Page range: 23 - 34

Received: Jul 09, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0032

Keywordssuburbia, urbanisation, hybridisation, urban/rural hybrids, URFSURBS

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
suburbia, urbanisation, hybridisation, urban/rural hybrids, URFSURBS