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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511741703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-351-68597-X; 1-315-16844-8; 1-351-68598-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (iv, 296 pages)
• Collana: Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies; Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies ; ; Volume 3
• Disciplina: 301.364
• Soggetti: Cities and towns
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 1968.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.