Canadian cities in transition : local through global perspectives

Bunting, Trudi E., 1944- (Added Author). Filion, Pierre, 1952- (Added Author).

Summary: "This third edition of Canadian Cities in Transition has been completely revised and updated. Examining the uneven development and uncertain future of Canadian cities, 41 specialists in the field - urban geographers, political scientists, urban planners, civil engineers - offer state-of-the-art understanding of everything from the evolution of the Canadian urban system to site-specific design, problems of transportation and infrastructure, the containment of urban sprawl, the impacts of immigration and gentrification, and the sustainability of cities - both environmentally and economically."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0195422198 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780195422191 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xi, 532 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [468]-524) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Understanding twenty-first century urban structure : sustainability, uneveness, and uncertainty / Pierre Filion and Trudi Bunting -- Canadian cities in continental context : global and continental perspectives on Canadian urban development / Kim England and John Mercer -- Canadian urban system : growth and transition / Jim Simmons and Larry McCann -- Transitions in an era of globalization and world city growth / Trudi Bunting and Tod Rutherford -- Cities as land markets / Andrejs Skaburskis and Diana Mok -- Transportation and communication / Eric J. Miller -- Urban infrastructures / Igor Vojnovic -- Life stages, living arrangements, and lifestyles / Damaris Rose and Paul Villeneuve -- Urban social space / Robert A. Murdie and Carlos Teixeira -- Urban and suburban downtowns : trajectories of growth and decline / Pierre Filion and Gunter Gad -- Inner city / David Ley and Heather Frost -- Suburbs / Peter J. Smith -- City's countryside / Christopher Bryant and Clare J. A. Mitchell --