Book review: suburban planet: making the world urban from the outside in by Roger Keil

Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In, authored by Roger Keil, emerges out of an eight-year research programme on global suburbanisms to explore the diversity of suburban forms worldwide, as well as their historical trajectories, governance and infrastructure. This is a concise and well-structured contribution to urban studies, writes Jenny McArthur, that shows how understanding the everyday practices of suburbia and their role in urbanisation will be crucial to the cities of the future around the world.