Planning:  American Suburbs and Mathematics


Nancy Parkes

nap@attbi.com

Sarah Ryan

sarahr@igc.org

 

The Evergreen State  College


Questions:

• What is a suburb? What are the different kinds of suburbs?


• What is/has been the role of government in constructing and configuring suburbs?


• How do suburbs socialize us? How do they reflect and create social patterns?


• How do suburbs affect the environment?


• What does it mean to have a sustainable community?


• How do communities plan?

• What are alternatives to the ways suburbs are currently configured?


• How do suburbs reflect ideas about race and gender?


• How do our literature and films reflect suburban life?