Canadian cities in transition : local through global perspectives /
"Focusing specifically on the Canadian city, this text brings together specially commissioned articles to provide a detailed overview of recent trends affecting Canadian cities, and future policy implications these trends will have on them."
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Don Mills, Ont. ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2006.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Understanding twenty-first century urban structure : sustainability, uneveness, and uncertainty / Pierre Filion and Trudi Bunting
- Canadian cities in continental context : global and continental perspectives on Canadian urban development / Kim England and John Mercer
- Canadian urban system : growth and transition / Jim Simmons and Larry McCann
- Transitions in an era of globalization and world city growth / Trudi Bunting and Tod Rutherford
- Cities as land markets / Andrejs Skaburskis and Diana Mok
- Transportation and communication / Eric J. Miller
- Urban infrastructures / Igor Vojnovic
- Life stages, living arrangements, and lifestyles / Damaris Rose and Paul Villeneuve
- Urban social space / Robert A. Murdie and Carlos Teixeira
- Urban and suburban downtowns : trajectories of growth and decline / Pierre Filion and Gunter Gad
- Inner city / David Ley and Heather Frost
- Suburbs / Peter J. Smith
- City's countryside / Christopher Bryant and Clare J.A. Mitchell
- Employment in Canadian cities / William J. Coffey and Richard G. Shearmur
- Housing : dreams, responsibilities, and consequences / Richard Harris
- Dynamics of the Canadian retail environment / Ken Jones and Tony Hernandez
- City politics : municipalities and multi-level governance / Andrew Sancton
- Shaped by planning : the Canadian city through time / Jill Grant
- Contemporary planning / Raphaël Fischler and Jeanne M. Wolfe
- Canadian cities and the sustainability imperative / Kevin S. Hanna
- Metropolitan form and the environment / Hugh Millward
- Why micro-scale urban ecology matters / Stephen D. Murphy
- Being realistic about urban growth / Christopher Leo and Kathryn Anderson
- Immigration and urban change : national, regional, and local perspectives / Heidi Hoernig and Margaret Walton-Roberts
- Homelessness, housing affordability, and the new poverty / R. Alan Walks
- Re-placing Canadian cities : the challege of landscapes of 'desire' and 'despair' / Ute Lehrer
- Alternative future for urban Canada : challenges and opportunities / Larry S. Bourne
- Appendix A, Sources of information on Canadian cities / Paul Langlois.