A team of Temple researchers examining patterns of growth in metropolitan Philadelphia noticed some surprising developments. They saw city-like conditions in some suburbs, and found the suburbs in the city. In their new book, Restructuring the Philadelphia Region: Metropolitan Divisions and Inequality (Temple University Press), Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh and Ira Goldstein call attention not only to the region’s heterogeneity, but also to the need for a unified approach to addressing inequalities and improving competitiveness in the global economy. (Adams and Bartelt are professors of geography and urban studies at Temple University; Elesh is associate professor of sociology at Temple University; and Goldstein is director of Policy and Information Services for The Reinvestment Fund.)