Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs

Author： Lucia Lo Valerie Preston Paul Anisef Ranu Basu Shuguang Wang

Publisher： University of Toronto Press‎

Publication year： 2015

E-ISBN: 9781442622630

Subject： F091.352 Neo - liberalism

Language： ENG

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“Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs casts light on the socioeconomic changes affecting the suburbs and illustrates the growing polarization and diversity of this urban sector. An empirical study of the use of and access to York Region education, social housing, employment, and settlement services, this book addresses questions such as the nature of metropolitan development, emerging geographies of urban inequality, and the entrenchment of neoliberalism.”

Chapter

Acknowledgments

1 Vulnerability and Neoliberalism in the Suburbs

Vulnerability and Infrastructure

Infrastructure in a Neoliberal Era

Suburbanization and Infrastructure in Canada

A Case Study

2 York Region, a Prime Example of the Outer Suburbs

The Evolving Outer Suburbs

A History of Diversity

Existing Infrastructure

The Metropolitan Context

Emerging Geographies

3 Vulnerability in York Region

Patterns and Trends

Recent Immigrants

Seniors

Low-Income Persons

Investigating Vulnerability and Social Services

4 Education Infrastructure in York Region

Introduction

Marginal Groups in Perspective

Spatial Distribution of Education Infrastructure in York Region

Geographies of Vulnerable Groups and Education Infrastructure

Use of Education Services

Summary and Conclusions

5 Employment Services in York Region

Introduction

Labour-Market Characteristics of Recent Immigrants and Low-Income Individuals

Employment Service Provision

Awareness of, Use of, and Satisfaction with Employment Services

Summary and Conclusions

6 Housing Infrastructure in York Region

Introduction

Assessment of Demand

Housing Tenure

Geography of Social and Assisted-Living Housing

Use of Social, Assisted-Living, and Independent-Living Housing and Other Housing Services

Summary and Conclusions

7 Settlement Services in York Region

Introduction

Assessment of Demand

Analysis of Supply

Awareness of, Use of, and Satisfaction with Settlement Services

Summary and Conclusions

8 Conclusions

Observations

Moving Forward

Closing Reflections

References

Index

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