Canadian Cities in Transition The Twenty-First Century

Name: Canadian Cities in Transition The Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780195412888

ISBN-10: 0195412885

ISBN-13: 9780195412888

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Trudi Bunting, Pierre Filion

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Canadian Cities in Transition brings together newly commissioned articles in order to provide a detailed overview of recent trends affecting Canadian cities, and future policy implications these trends will have on Canadian cities. Aimed at students studying urban geography, and focusing specifically on the Canadian city, it provides the most current research available. Divided into five sections--national perspectives, regional perspectives, intra-urban perspectives, urban functions, and social issues and the public sector--the book covers a wide range of subjects. Starting with the Canadian city in the global context, and urbanization in historical perspective, it concludes with an…

Book details

List price: $37.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/4/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.80" wide x 8.90" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Contributors



Ontario Environmental Assessment Board: Cities and Transition: Changing Patterns of Urban Growth and Form in Canada




University of Toronto: Urban Canada in Transition to the Twenty-First Century: Trends, Issues, and Visions




The Context: Urban Systems



Syracuse University and Kim England, University of Toronto: Canadian Cites in Continental Context: Global and Continental Perspectives on Canadian Urban Development




University of




Growth and Transition in the Canadian Urban System




Universite de Montreal: Canadian Cities and Shifting Fortunes of Economic Development




City-Wide Processes



University of Toronto: Cities as Real Estate




University of Toronto: Transportation and Communication




York University and Carlos Teixera, University of Toronto: The City as Social Space




McGill University: Form and Energy in the Urban Built Environment




Internal Geography of the City



University of




University of British Columbia: The Inner City




University of




Universite




Land Use and Activities



Pierre Filion and Tod Rutherford, University of Waterloo: Employment Transitions in the City



McMaster University: Housing




Ryerson Polytechnical University: Dynamics of the Canadian Retail Environment




Governance and Planning



University of Western Ontario: The Municipal Role in the Governance of Canadian Cities




Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design: Planning Canadian Cities: Contexts, Continuity, and Change




Issues and Innovations




Pressing Issues



The Ecological Restructuring of Urban Form




Brian




Urban Homelessness in Canada




Universite Laval




Urban Definitions, Statistics Canada, 1996



Selected Data on Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas, 1996


Index