Fringe and Suburb: A Confusion of Concepts

Kurtz, Richard A.; Eicher, Joanne

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“…Conducting empirical research requires adequate definitions of features and concepts being measured. As Kurtz and Eichler (1958) argued in the 1950s, it is difficult to develop an adequate theory of suburbs if terms are not clearly defined. If one study defines suburbs as metropolitan municipalities outside the central city and another as places that are dominated by detached housing, they will be examining different areas making comparisons and generalizations more difficult.…”

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Defining Suburbs

Forsyth

2012

Journal of Planning Literature

140

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There is no consensus as to what exactly constitutes a suburb. This paper examines the range of suburban definitions in terms of their structure and the topical issues that they grapple with. Suburbs have been defined according to many different dimensions from location and transportation modes to culture and physical appearance. Given this confusion, one approach is to abandon the term; another is to use it with greater precision. This is more than just an issue of semantics. Rather how people talk and think about suburbs shapes how they can see such areas being developed and redeveloped in the future.2 Defining Suburbs The Problem of DefinitionWhat is a suburb? In the coming decades billions of people will move to urban areas. The middle projection from the United Nations is that from 2010 to 2050 the world's urban population will increase from 3.5 billion to 6.3 billion, that is by 80% (U.N. 2010, 29; Clapson and Hutchinson 2010). Many of these new urban dwellers will live in areas that are suburban. How many people, and what that means, depends heavily on how suburbs are defined. This paper explores this issue of how to define suburbs. This is more than just an issue of semantics. As a vibrant literature on framing in planning work suggests, how urbanists, the press, and the public talk and think about suburbs shapes how they can see such areas being developed and redeveloped in the future (Caplan and Nelson, 1973;Rein and Schon 1994;Healey 2009). In coming decades, as new suburban areas are built and older ones head toward redevelopment, clearer definitions, or better alternatives to the term suburb, can help focus academic and practical debates on important issues.

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Section: Why Definitions Mattermentioning

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Defining Suburbs

Forsyth

2012

Journal of Planning Literature

140

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“…Pryor (1968) credits first use of the term "fringe" to T. Lynn Smith in 1937 (although Shyrock and Siegal, 1980, note that Smith's usage is akin to Galpin's even earlier term "rurban"). In 1958, Kurtz and Eicher (1958) arrived at the following definition of the rural-urban fringe as a:…”

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“…Despite demographers reporting dynamic U.S. population change at the interface between large urban and relatively rural areas (Fuguitt, 1985; Heimlich and Brooks, 1989; Johnson, 2003; Johnson, Nucci, and Long, 2005), study of the rural–urban fringe has received modest attention from urban and community sociologists. While some scholars have systematically examined matters of land–use policy and growth management at the rural–urban fringe (Daniels, 1999; Davis, 1993; Davis, Nelson, and Dueker, 1994; Healy, 1981; Nelson, 1992; Nelson and Sanchez, 1997), this dynamic region of change has arguably received less attention than more purely urban or rural areas.…”

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Between the Country and the Concrete: Rediscovering the Rural–Urban Fringe

Sharp

Clark

2008

City & Community

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Substantial U.S. population growth in relatively rural areas adjacent to large urban areas is sparking renewed interest in the rural‐urban fringe. This research identifies some of the roots of the rural‐urban fringe concept and reviews recent scholarly interest in the related exurban concept. Analysis of primary and secondary data is conducted to examine the fringe in relation to both urban/suburban areas and rural areas of Ohio, seeking to determine the extent to which the fringe is similar to or dissimilar from the suburbs or more rural areas. Comparisons are made across a number of ecological, occupational, and sociocultural attributes. Differences between incorporated (cities and villages) and unincorporated (township) areas are also considered. Findings support the notion of the fringe being distinct from the suburbs, with more modest differences compared to more rural places. Practical implications of this research are discussed as are future research needs for further understanding an increasingly important settlement area of the United States.

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“…Clearly, location and situatedness on the urban fringe is the obvious characteristic here (Kurz and Eicher, 1958). Peri-urban areas are located beyond the city, in, essentially, rural area.…”

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Jurnal Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota

Woltjer

2014

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Wilayah perkotaan di seluruh dunia semakin menghadapi tantangan pertumbuhan metropolitan yang sangat dinamis, dan pada saat yang sama, perubahan kelembagaan seperti desentralisasi dan globalisasi. Perubahan-perubahan semacam ini tampak nyata pada kawasan peri-urban, tempat bertemunya kehidupan perkotaan dan perdesaan. Secara khusus kawasan peri-urban ini telah menjadi tempat bagi transformasi fisik, sosial dan ekonomi yang pesat. Berdasarkan kajian literatur, artikel ini mengidentifikasi karakteristik umum peri-urbanisasi dan bagaimana perencanaan pembangunan menanggapinya. Tiga karakteristik umum yang diidentifikasi: ruang peri-urban (ungkapan ruang dari pembangunan peri-urban), kehidupan peri-urban (tampilan fungsional dari tata guna lahan, aktivitas peri-urban dan inovasi), dan perubahan peri-urban (perspektif kausal dan temporal yang meliputi aliran dan penggerak perubahan). Diperlihatkan pula bahwa umumnya tanggapan kelembagaan perencanaan dan pembangunan gagal untuk menanggapi karakteristik peri-urbanisasi global yang dinamis dan semakin terfragmentasi. Kata kunci. Peri-urbanisasi, pertumbuhan metropolitan, kapasitas kelembagaan, globalisasi

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Fringe and Suburb: A Confusion of Concepts

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Between the Country and the Concrete: Rediscovering the Rural–Urban Fringe

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