The Strange Case of the Bay Area

Richard Walker and Alex Schafran
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Richard Walker: Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720-4740, USA
Alex Schafran: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England

Environment and Planning A, 2015, vol. 47, issue 1, 10-29

Abstract: The San Francisco Bay Area is hard to get one's head around and is frequently misunderstood. It is immense, decentered, sprawling, autotopic, multiracial, divided, and more—a crucible of the modern suburban and exurban metropolis. It is distinctive in several regards, but illuminating of the dynamics behind metropolitan geography. Indeed, the Bay Area has been integral to the production of modern American suburbia and its urban system embodies many of the contradictions of the contemporary moment.

Keywords: cities; suburban; metropolitan; San Francisco; Bay Area; Silicon Valley; California; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1068/a46277

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