TY - BOOK AU - Lithwick,N.H. AU - Paquet,Gilles TI - Urban Studies: A Canadian Perspective T2 - Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies SN - 9781351685986 AV - HV45.G768 2018 U1 - 307.760971 PY - 2017/// CY - Oxford PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Social group work--United States KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Prolegomenato Urban Analysis -- Part One Toward a Cross-disciplinary Approach -- 2 Urban Growth and Regional Contagion -- 3 Urban Growth and the Concept of Functional Region1 -- 4 Urban Land Use: An Economic-Geographic Concept -- Part Two Urban Analysis: Some Case Studies -- 5 The Economics of Urban Land Use1 -- 6 The Integration of Metropolitan Federations: the Interaction of Political Theory and Urban Phenomena -- 7 Social Consequences of Urbanization -- Part Three Public Policy for City and Region -- 8 The Scope of Urban Policy1 -- 9 Housing Policy and Urban Renewal -- 10 The Conceptof Regional Government and a Proposal for Ontario -- Conclusion -- 11 Approaching the Urban Unit: Some Conclusions and a Beginning -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - This study, first published in 1968, was one of the first books on Canada's urban development, bringing together the viewpoints of professionals who had studied various aspects of city growth - economic, social, geographic, political. The book demonstrates the effectiveness and potential of the cross-disciplinary approach and will prove useful to all those interested in the future of our cities UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5103720 ER -