Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbs.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 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.
Social Infrastructure and Vulnerability in the Suburbsexamines how the combination of the low-density, car-centric geography of outer suburbs and neoliberal governance in the past several decades has affected disadvantaged populations in North American metro areas.