The Emerging 'Silicon Savanna': From Old Urbanism to New Suburbanism

摘要

Planning for future urban growth requires understanding of how towns and suburbs have formed in the past. Cities are sometimes seen as centripetal and suburbs as centrifugal. However, this article considers suburbs as 'semi-urban' areas that are not necessarily subordinate adjuncts to cities; and suggests seeing the 'new suburbanism' as an extension of, not a reversal of, 'old urbanism'. This suggests the need to reinterpret the desirability of traditional compact forms in the light of ongoing urban processes.