Teardowns are transforming the American post-war suburbanlandscape

Lanyi Charles, Suzanne (2014) Teardowns are transforming the American post-war suburbanlandscape. LSE American Politics and Policy (07 Oct 2014). Website.

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In many older American suburbs single-family housing is being demolished and replaced with new, larger single-family housing. “Teardowns” are dramatically transforming suburban neighborhoods. Using the inner-ring suburbs as a case study, Suzanne Lanyi Charles finds that teardowns occur in a variety of places ranging from modest middle-income neighborhoods to very highly affluent neighborhoods that often share a common proximity to well regarded schools. Teardowns began in areas with high property values, and as house prices rose rapidly through the first half of the 2000s, they expanded into adjacent, less affluent neighborhoods, contracting again at the end of the decade.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2014 13:54
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 19:08
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/60329

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