The Form of Cities in Central Canada : : Selected Papers /

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

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 questio...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (258 p.)
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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

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