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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 | |