Title: Definition of suburbanization in Sociology, U.S. History.
Headings: suburbanization
suburbanization
Sociology
U.S. History
The process of suburbanizing, of population movement from cities to suburbs
Examples of suburbanization in the following topics:
Suburbanization
The Rural Rebound
Shrinking Cities and Counter-Urbanization
Instructional Scenarios
The Growth of Suburbs
The Process of Urbanization
Urban Decline
Urban Gentrification
The Middle Class
The Culture of Abundance and Consumerism

Content: Recently in developed countries, sociologists have observed suburbanization and counterurbanization, or movement away from cities. Race also plays a role in American suburbanization. During World War I, the massive migration of African Americans from the South resulted in an even greater residential shift toward suburban areas. Interestingly, the modern U.S. experience has gone from a largely rural country, to a highly urban country, to a country with significant suburban populations. Urban Decline
In contrast, in North American and British cities, the impoverished areas begin to develop in the city center as individuals relocate their residences to suburban areas outside of the city. Changes in means of transport, from public to private—or specifically from public trains to private motor cars—eliminated some advantages of living and working in the city and enabled suburbanization. Following World War II, political decisions in the U.S. further solidified the already growing trend of suburbanization. Many cities used city taxes to build new infrastructure in remote, racially-restricted suburban towns. Historically in the U.S., the white middle class gradually left the cities for suburban areas because of the perceived higher crime rates and dangers caused by African-American migration to northern cities after World War I; this demonstrates so-called white flight.