| Urban Futures for Central Canada: Perspectives on Forecasting Urban Growth and Form Contributor(s): Bourne, Larry (Editor), MacKinnon, Ross (Editor), Siegel, Jay (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802062431 ISBN-13: 9780802062437 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $43.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1974 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Essays - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 301.361 |
| LCCN: 73092297 |
| Series: Heritage |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6" W x 9" (1.22 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Urban problems are now a dominant social issue: the essays in this volume consider the direction some of these problems may take in Central Canada. Three broad themes are discussed: forecasting (a spectrum of methodologies and urban forecasts); assessing the consequences of these forecasts at two levels (the growth of cities as an urban system and the growth and form of individual cities or urban regions); and assessing the role of changes in public policy. Specific topics include forecasting methodology in a spatial context, population and employment growth, migration, transportation, innovations, communication linkages, regional economic structure, economic fluctuations, the effects of public policy controls within a system of cities, land use and redevelopment, household mobility and social change, the spread of urban fields, and communities and neighbourhoods within cities. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacKinnon, Ross D.: - Ross D. MacKinnon was Associate Professor of the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto.Siegel, Jay: - Jay Siegel was Associate Professor of Geography, University of Toronto.Bourne, L. S.: - L.S. Bourne is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Geography and former Director of the Centre for Urban and Community Studies at the University of Toronto. Simmons, James W.: -James W. Simmons is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. |