Urban studies : a Canadian perspective / edited by N.H. Lithwick and Gilles Paquet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lithwick, N. H., editor.

Paquet, Gilles, editor.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies

Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 296 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

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."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter 1 Prolegomenato Urban Analysis

part Part One Toward a Cross-disciplinary Approach

chapter 2 Urban Growth and Regional Contagion

chapter 3 Urban Growth and the Concept of Functional Region1

chapter 4 Urban Land Use: An Economic-Geographic Concept

part Part Two Urban Analysis: Some Case Studies

chapter 5 The Economics of Urban Land Use1

chapter 6 The Integration of Metropolitan Federations: the Interaction of Political Theory and Urban Phenomena

chapter 7 Social Consequences of Urbanization

part Part Three Public Policy for City and Region

chapter 8 The Scope of Urban Policy1

chapter 9 Housing Policy and Urban Renewal

chapter 10 The Conceptof Regional Government and a Proposal for Ontario

chapter 11 Approaching the Urban Unit: Some Conclusions and a Beginning.

Notes:

First published 1968.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-351-68597-X

1-315-16844-8

1-351-68598-8

9781315168449

OCLC:

1002192407