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Urban Studies : A Canadian Perspective.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Library Editions: Urban StudiesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Copyright date: ©1968Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351685986
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Urban StudiesDDC classification:
  • 307.760971
LOC classification:
  • HV45.G768 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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