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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797251903321

Autore

Bourne Larry S

Titolo

The form of cities in central Canada : selected papers / / editors, L. S. Bourne, R. D. MacKinnon, J. W. Simmons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1973

©1973

ISBN

1-4426-5072-9

1-4426-3234-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations

Collana

University of Toronto Department of Geography Research Publications ; ; 11

Disciplina

301.36/3/09713

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Ontario

Cities and towns - Québec (Province)

Electronic books.

Quebec

Ontario

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors' Comments -- 1. The Area of Interest: Urban Definitions in Canada -- 2 Methodological Problems in Measuring Urban Expansion -- Editors' Comments -- 3. Urban Form and City Size: An Ontario Example -- 4. Descriptive Patterns of Urban Land Use: A Summary -- 5. Application of the Lowry Model of Urban Structure to Toronto -- Editors' Comments -- 6. Components of Urban Land Use Change and Physical Growth -- 7. Spatio-Temporal Trends in Urban Population Density: A Trend Surface Analysis -- 8. Measuring Accessibility Change -- 9. Net Migration Patterns -- Editors' Comments -- 10. Community Ties and Support Systems: From Intimacy to Support -- 11. Ethnic Differences in the Residential Search Process -- 12. Discretionary and Nondiscretionary Aspects of Activity and Social Contact in Residential Selection -- 13. Household Relocation Patterns -- Editors' Comments -- 14. Subdivision Activity in the Periphery of the Toronto Urban Field -- 15. Migration in the Toronto-Centred Region



Sommario/riassunto

This book is an anthology of research papers and reports building around a common theme: urban development in Central Canada.