Kühne, Olaf2017-01-052017-01-052016Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 35 (2), 2016, pp. 23-340137-477Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/17174In pace with changing social developments, cities undergo regular processes of transformation. Thus, following a temporary preference for suburban living, the inner city has for some years now been enjoying a residential renaissance. A further, as yet little noticed, trend is the urbanisation of former suburbs. Encompassing urbanisation and gentrification processes found in the inner-ring suburbs, this entails a breaking of established dichotomies and the development of hybrid phenomena that can be encapsulated in the acronym URFSURBS: ‘urbanisation of former suburbs’. Focusing on examples from Southern California and Greater Paris, this article places these developments in context and outlines their implications for future research.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesssuburbiaurbanisationhybridisationurban/rural hybridsURFSURBSArtykuł