Shape of the Suburbs : Understanding Toronto's Sprawl /

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It is now impossible to understand major North American cities without considering the seemingly never-ending and ever-growing sprawl of their surrounding suburbs. In The Shape of the Suburbs, activist, urban affairs columnist, and former Toronto mayor John Sewell examines the relationship between t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sewell, John, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Suburbs.
City planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
Banlieues > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Urbanisme > Ontario > Toronto, Banlieue de > Histoire.
Suburbs > Ontario > Toronto > History.
City planning > Ontario > Toronto Suburban Area > History.
Ontario > Toronto Suburban Area.
Ontario > Toronto.
Toronto, Banlieue de (Ont.) > Histoire.
Toronto Suburban Area (Ont.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction : intimations of growth
  • 2. Toronto in mid-century
  • 3. Planning for the future
  • 4. Building a superhighway system
  • 5. Transit and commuting alternatives
  • 6. Pipe dreams
  • 7. Reshaping governance in the fringes
  • 8. The challenge of unbridled suburban growth
  • 9. The triumph for suburban values
  • 10. The death of metro
  • 11. Re-establishing a regional agenda.

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