Toronto sprawls : a history /

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"Toronto Sprawls makes a convincing case that urban sprawl in Toronto was caused not by market forces, but rather by policies and programs designed to disperse Toronto's urban population."--Jacket

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Solomon, Lawrence, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Series:University of Toronto Centre for Public Management monograph series.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1900-2020.
Cities and towns > Ontario > Toronto > Growth > History.
City planning > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Urban policy > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Villes > Ontario > Toronto > Croissance > Histoire.
Politique urbaine > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Cities and towns > Growth
City planning
Urban policy
Stadtentwicklung
Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr
Toronto (Ont.) > History.
Urbanisme > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Toronto (Ont.) > Histoire.
Ontario > Toronto
Toronto
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Greater Toronto, circa 1900, before the era of sprawl
  • How private transit hobbled sprawl
  • Living at close quarters
  • Toronto the good
  • Model people, model suburbs
  • Canada's war effort against the cities
  • CMHC and cheap financing open up the suburbs
  • Partial amalgamation, full sprawl / with Satish Dhar
  • The suburbs beyond the suburbs / with Satish Dhar
  • Conclusion: How Toronto might have been
  • Postscript: Toronto in 2020.

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