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Preface: A Guide to the Text | |
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Contributors | |
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Understanding Twenty-First-Century Urban Structure: Sustainability, Unevenness, and Uncertainty | |
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Contextual Background: From Mercantilism to Globalism | |
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Canadian Cities in Continental Context: Global and Continental Perspectives on Canadian Urban Development | |
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The Canadian Urban System: Growth and Transition | |
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Transitions in an Era of Globalization and World City Growth | |
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The Structure of Canadian Urban Development | |
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Cities as Land Markets | |
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Transportation and Communication | |
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Urban Infrastructures | |
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Life Stages, Living Arrangements, and Lifestyles | |
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Urban Social Space | |
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The Zonal Geography of the Canadian City | |
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Urban and Suburban Downtowns: Trajectories of Growth and Decline | |
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The Inner City | |
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Suburbs | |
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The City's Countryside | |
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Functions in the City: Patterns of Employment, Housing, and Commercial Services | |
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Employment in Canadian Cities | |
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Housing: Dreams, Responsibilities, and Consequences | |
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Dynamics of the Canadian Retail Environment | |
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Governance and Planning: The Urban Control Function | |
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City Politics: Municipalities and Multi-Level Governance | |
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Shaped by Planning: The Canadian City Through Time | |
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Contemporary Planning | |
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The Urban Natural Environment: The Grassroots of Sustainability | |
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Canadian Cities and the Sustainability Imperative | |
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Metropolitan Form and the Environment | |
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Why Micro-Scale Urban Ecology Matters | |
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Pressing Issues | |
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Being Realistic about Urban Growth | |
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Immigration and Urban Change: National, Regional, and Local Perspectives | |
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Homelessness, Housing Affordability, and the New Poverty | |
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Re-Placing Canadian Cities: The Challenge of Landscapes of 'Desire' and 'Despair' | |
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Future Transitions of Urban Canada | |
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Alternative Future for Urban Canada: Challenges and Opportunities | |
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Sources of Information on Canadian Cities | |
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Selected Data on Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |