The shape of the suburbs : understanding Toronto's sprawl /
It is now impossible to understand major North American cities without considering the seemingly never-ending and ever-growing sprawl of their surrounding suburbs. In The Shape of the Suburbs, activist, urban affairs columnist, and former Toronto mayor John Sewell examines the relationship between t...
Основен автор: | Sewell, John, 1940- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
℗♭2009
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Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Shape of the Suburbs : Understanding Toronto's Sprawl. |
Съдържание:
- 1. Introduction : intimations of growth
- 2. Toronto in mid-century
- 3. Planning for the future
- 4. Building a superhighway system
- 5. Transit and commuting alternatives
- 6. Pipe dreams
- 7. Reshaping governance in the fringes
- 8. The challenge of unbridled suburban growth
- 9. The triumph for suburban values
- 10. The death of metro
- 11. Re-establishing a regional agenda.