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The Right to Suburbia

Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge
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Description

In recent decades, American suburbs have undergone a so-called renaissance as multiple forces have transformed them into denser urban landscapes. Yet at the same time, suburban racial diversity, immigration, and poverty rates have surged. The Right to Suburbia investigates how marginalized communities in the suburbs of Washington, DC--one of the most intensely gentrifying metropolitan regions in the United States--have battled the uneven costs and benefits of redevelopment.

Willow Lung-Amam narrates the efforts of activists, community groups, and political leaders fighting for communities' "right to suburbia"--that is, their right to stay put and benefit from new neighborhood investments. Revealing the far-reaching impacts of state-led redevelopment, The Right to Suburbia shows how patterns of unequal, racialized development and displacement are being produced and reproduced in suburbs--and how communities are fighting back.

Product Details

PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publish DateSeptember 17, 2024
Pages384
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780520338173
Dimensions8.9 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches | 1.1 pounds

About the Author

Willow S. Lung-Amam is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Director of the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia.

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