Planning Politics in Toronto : The Ontario Municipal Board and Urban Development / Aaron Alexander Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Aaron A., 1979- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontario Municipal Board.

City planning--Political aspects--Ontario--Toronto--History.

City planning.

Ontario--Toronto.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A much-needed contribution to the literature on the politics of urban development in Toronto since the 1970s, Planning Politics in Toronto challenges popular preconceptions of the OMB's role in Toronto's patterns of growth and change.

Contents:

1 Introduction

2 Local Political Economy Theory and Toronto

3 The OMB and the Politics of Urban Development in Toronto

4 OMB Appeals in Toronto from 2000 through 2006

5 Experts and the Planning Community in Toronto

6 The Politics of Toronto's Development Industry

7 Neighbourhood Mobilization in Toronto

8 Politicians and Urban Development in Toronto

9 The OMB and Local Political Economy

Appendix A: Studying Local Political Economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

1-4426-9946-9

1-4426-9945-0

OCLC:

837527966