Post-suburbanization

Post-suburbanization is an aspect of urban development that follows suburbanization and describes the migration of central services from the core city to the surrounding area. The result of post-suburbanization is known as postsuburbia .

After the city - country - dichotomy of the Middle Ages and the early modern period ("Citizen and farmer separates the Wall"), the settlement pattern changed towards the city-rural continuum . This was characterized by the central position of a core city, in which the most important functions were arranged in the city ​​center , and a suburban ring of residential areas. The greater importance of an agglomeration compared to its surrounding area was measured as centrality (number and importance of “central” goods and services in the city center).

At the end of the 20th century, this structure dissolved in the direction of an urban-rural network. More and more central services ( retail in the form of shopping centers , industrial parks , service companies, (private) universities and other institutions) migrated to the surrounding area. Today, surrounding communities are usually no longer functional supplementary areas to the core city, but rather active work and supply communities with greater social heterogeneity.

literature

• Jürgen Aring : Suburbia - Postsuburbia - Zwischenstadt: the more recent housing developments in the area surrounding the large cities of West Germany and conclusions for regional planning and control. Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning, Hanover 1999.
• Axel Borsdorf and Pierre Zembri (eds.): European Cities: Insights on Outskirts - Structures. Paris 2004.