Canadian cities in transition: new directions in the twenty-first century

INDICE: Part 1: Changing Parameters of Urban Form, Structure, and Policy; 1: Pierre Filion and Trudi Bunting: Fundamentals of Cities; 2: Trudi Bunting and Pierre Filion: Epochs of Canadian Urban Development; 3: Pierre Filion and Trudi Bunting: Transition in the City; Part 2: The Structuring Parameters of 21st Century Urbanization; 4: Peter V. Hall: The Global Imperative; 5: William E. Rees: Getting Serious about Urban Sustainability: Eco-Footprints and the Vulnerability of Twenty-First Century Cities (NEW); 6: Tara Vinodrai: The Dynamics of Economic Change in Canadian Cities: Innovation, Culture, and the Emergence of a Knowledge-Based Economy; 7: Thomas Hutton: Economic Change in Canadian Cities: Locational Dynamics of Employment; 8: Ivan Townshend and Ryan Walker: Life Course and Lifestyle Changes: Urban Change Through the Lens of Demography; 9: Heidi Hoernig and Cecilia Zhuang: New Diversity: Social Change as Immigration; 10: Alan Walks: New Divisions: Social Polarization and Neighbourhood Inequality in the Canadian City; 11: Anthony Perl and Jeffrey Kenworthy: The Canadian City at a Crossroads Between 'Passage' and 'Place'; 12: Ahmed Allahwala, Julie-Anne Boudreau, and Roger Keil: Neoliberal Governance: Entrepreneurial Municipal Regimes in Canada; 13: Andrejs Skaburskis and Marcus Moos: The Economics of Urban Land; Part 3: 'Placing' and Planning the 21st Century City; 14: Sean Connelly and Mark Roseland: Black Holes or White Knights? Cities and the Environment; 15: Alison Bain: Re-Imaging, Re-Elevating, and Re-Placing the Urban: The Cultural Transformation of the Inner City in the Twenty-First Century; 16: Betsy Donald and Heather Hall: Slow Growth and Decline in Canadian Cities; 17:Deborah Cowen, Amy Siciliano and Neil Smith: Fear, Insecurity, and the Canadian City; 18: Jill L. Grant and Pierre Filion: Emerging Urban Forms in the Canadian City; 19: Nicholas Lynch and David Ley: The Changing Meanings of Urban Places; 20: Ryan Walker and Tom Carter: At Home in the City: Housing and Neighbourhood Transformation; 21: Mark Rosenberg and Dana Wilson: Younger Cities, Older Cities, and Cities in the Balance: Spaces and Places of the Younger and Older Population; 22: Evelyn J. Peters: Aboriginal People in Canadian Cities (NEW); 23: Jason Gilliland: The Built Environment and Obesity: Trimming Waistlinesthrough Neighbourhood Design; 24: Alison Blay-Palmer: Food Systems and the City (NEW); Part 4: Towards a Sustainable, Healthy, and 'Smart' Future for Canadian Urban Communities; 25: Alan Walks and Larry Bourne: Conclusion: Challengesand Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century City; Paul Langlois: Appendix A: Digital Data in Urban Research; Compiled by Paul Langlois: Appendix B: Selected Data on Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas; Glossary; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-543125-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Desconocida
• Páginas: 592
• Fecha Publicación: 22/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés