Ashgate Publishing

Table of Contents

List of Figures . . vii
List of Tables . . xi
Notes on Contributors . . xv
Acknowledgments . . xix
1 Introduction . . 1

SECTION I: SUBURBAN POVERTY
2 The Resurgence of Concentrated Poverty in America: Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s . . 15
3 Debunking the "Cookie-Cutter" Myth for Suburban Places and Suburban Poverty: Analyzing Their Variety and Recent Trends . . 39

SECTION II: RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND NATIVIST CHANGE
4 The Washington, DC Metropolitan Region—Traditional No More? . . 81
5 Local Immigration Legislation in Two Suburbs: An Examination of Immigration Policies in Farmers Branch, Texas, and Carpentersville, Illinois . . 113

SECTION III: SUBURBAN DECLINE—OR NOT?
6 Beyond Sprawl: Social Sustainability and Reinvestment in the Baltimore Suburbs . . 133
7 Metropolitan Growth Patterns and Inner-Ring Suburban Decline: A Longitudinal Analysis of the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas . . 153

SECTION IV: SUBURBAN FORECLOSURES
8 Responses to Foreclosure and Abandonment in Cleveland's Inner Suburbs: Three Case Studies . . 177
9 Punctuated Equilibrium: Community Responses to Neoliberalism in Three Suburban Communities in Baltimore County, Maryland . . 187

SECTION V: SUBURBAN POLICY
10 Revitalizing Distressed Older Suburbs: Case Studies in Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania . . 213
11 The Response of the Nonprofit Safety Net to Rising Suburban Poverty . . 247

Index . . 285