The Form of Cities in Central Canada : : Selected Papers / / ed. by Larry Bourne, Ross MacKinnon, James Simmons.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Baker, A.,; Bakker, H.,; Bourne, L. S.,; Bourne, L.S.,; Craven, P.,; Doucet, M.J.,; Gad, G.,; Harper, P. D.,; Hill, F.I.,; Hodge, G.,; Lau, R.,; MacKinnon, R. D.,; Maher, C.A.,; Michelson, W.,; Peddle, R.,; Punter, J.,; Shorter, A.,; Simmons, J. W.,; Simmons, J.W.,; Stevens, H.,; Toit, S. Du,; Wellman, B.,; Whitaker, M.,
• HerausgeberIn: Bourne, Larry,; MacKinnon, Ross,; Simmons, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1973
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (258 p.)

Do Canadian cities have a distinctive form? How has this form evolved over time; and what has been the impact of growth, transportation changes and differing lifestyles on the contemporary Canadian urban environment? The research summarized in the present volume is directed at these kinds of questions. This book is an anthology of research papers and reports building around a common theme: urban development in Central Canada. Within this context, specific interests focus on the spatial structure of the city, land use distributions, patterns of population density and intercity migration, networks of interaction, communities, and lives. This collection of papers will be of interest as a general reference which is not just descriptive, but one which includes a range of examples of analytical approaches. As such it is also designed as a contribution to the growing literature on urban research and policy formulation in Canada.(University of Toronto Department of Geography Research Publications 12)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Definitions, Concepts And Measurements -- Editors' Comments -- 1. The Area of Interest: Urban Definitions in Canada -- 2 Methodological Problems in Measuring Urban Expansion -- II. Structural Characteristics -- 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 -- III. Growth Characteristics -- 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 -- IV. Social Interaction and Residential Relocation -- 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 -- V. Impact of Growth on Rural Environments -- Editors' Comments -- 14. Subdivision Activity in the Periphery of the Toronto Urban Field -- 15. Migration in the Toronto-Centred Region