The New Metropolitan Reality in the US: Rethinking the Traditional Model

Hanlon, B.F., Vicino, T.J., & Short, J.R. (2006) 'The New Metropolitan Reality in the US: Rethinking the Traditional Model,' Urban Studies 43 (12): 2129-2143

15 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2012 Last revised: 22 Feb 2016

Date Written: November 1, 2006

Abstract

This paper critically evaluates the traditional metropolitan model of an urban core and a homogeneous suburban ring. Using place data from the US Bureau of the Census from 1980 to 2000, it examines 1639 suburbs from a sample of 13 metropolitan areas in the US. Poor, manufacturing, Black and immigrant suburbs are identified to show that metropolitan areas are less a simple dichotomous structure and more a mosaic of very diverse suburban places. The results suggest the need for more subtle frameworks in order better to understand the structure of contemporary metropolitan areas.

Keywords: suburbs, sprawl, poor, immigrant, manufacturing, black, diversity, population

JEL Classification: J10, J11, J18, O20, R10

Suggested Citation

Vicino, Thomas J., The New Metropolitan Reality in the US: Rethinking the Traditional Model (November 1, 2006). Hanlon, B.F., Vicino, T.J., & Short, J.R. (2006) 'The New Metropolitan Reality in the US: Rethinking the Traditional Model,' Urban Studies 43 (12): 2129-2143, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2182853

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