LEADER 04715nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910816029803321 005 20240417052923.0 010 $a1-283-22633-2 010 $a9786613226334 010 $a0-7748-5703-X 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774857031 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000339 035 $a(OCoLC)226375640 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10210517 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000377223 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243516 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377223 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10337484 035 $a(PQKB)11662661 035 $a(CaPaEBR)406906 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602860 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412468 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10221841 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322633 035 $a(OCoLC)816857774 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/v1t8x5 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406906 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412468 035 $a(DE-B1597)661516 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774857031 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3253089 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000339 100 $a19860430d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe myth of the North American city $econtinentalism challenged /$fMichael A. Goldberg, John Mercer 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aVancouver :$cUniversity of British Columbia Press,$d1986. 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 308 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7748-0238-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-298) and indexes. 327 $aOn Comparing American and Canadian Cities Values and Culture: A Context for Comparing American and Canadian Cities Social and Demographic Structures in Canada and the Unites States Economic Organization and Economic Institutions in Canada and the United States: The Fuel for Urban Growth and Change Political Structure, Culture and Institutions in Canada and the United States Urban Form and Institutions in Canada and the United States Urban Form and Social Characteristics Urban Local Government: Structure and Finance A Multivariate Approach to Metropolitan Differences Making Plain the Difference 330 $aThe continuing tendency to "continentalize" Canadian issues has been particularly marked in the area of urban studies where United States-based research findings, methodologies, and attitudes have held sway. In this book, Goldberg and Mercer demonstrate that the label "North American City" as widely used is inappropriate and misleading in discussion of the distinctive Canadian urban environment. Examining such elements of the cultural context as mass values, social and demographic structures, the economy, and political institutions, they reveal salient differences between Canada and the United States. One of the most important of the many contextual differences is the strong collective sense in Canada which accepts more public intervention in social and economic matters in contrast to the American commitment to individualism. Canadians, consequently, expect a livable central city which is compact and well-served by public transit and which has a fiscally sound local government. To demonstrate these issues, the discussion includes a detailed cross-national empirical analysis of over 300 North American metropolitan areas along some three dozen dimensions, including density, transportation, household change and structure, income and fiscal disparities, and economic structure. Since much urban planning in Canada is based upon the continentalist assumption, this volume should generate a reassessment of policy and encourage the development of a research base to suit the distinctiveness of the Canadian experience. With growing pressures to take a North American view of Canadian policies it is vitally important that the differences delineated in this book are understood, not just for their urban policy implications but for broader purposes as well. 606 $aCities and towns$zCanada 606 $aCities and towns$zUnited States 606 $aUrban policy$zCanada 606 $aUrban policy$zUnited States 615 0$aCities and towns 615 0$aCities and towns 615 0$aUrban policy 615 0$aUrban policy 676 $a307.7/6/0971 700 $aGoldberg$b Michael A$g(Michael Arthur),$f1941-$01703536 701 $aMercer$b John$f1942-$01703537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816029803321 996 $aThe myth of the North American city$94088812 997 $aUNINA