Title & Author:

Canadian cities in transition : new directions in the twenty-first century / [edited by] Trudi Bunting, Pierre Filion, Ryan Walker.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publication:

Don Mills, Ont. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Description:

xii, 468 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Changing parameters of urban form, structure, and policy. Fundamentals of cities / Pierre Filion and Trudi Bunting ; Epochs of Canadian urban development / Trudi Bunting and Pierre Filion ; Transition in the city / Pierre Filion and Trudi Bunting -- The structuring parameters of twenty-first-century urbanization. Global imperative / Peter V. Hall ; Getting serious about urban sustainability: eco-footprints and the vulnerability of twenty-first century cities / William E. Rees ; Dynamics of economic change in Canadian cities: innovation, culture, and the emergence of a knowledge-based economy / Tara Vinodrai ; Economic change in Canadian cities: locational dynamics of employment / Tom Hutton ; Life course and lifestyle changes: urban change through the lens of demography / Ivan Townshend and Ryan Walker ; New diversity: social change as immigration / Heidi Hoernig and ZhiXi (Cecilia) Zhuang ; New divisions: social polarization and neighbourhood inequality in the Canadian city / R. Alan Walks ; Canadian city at a crossroads between 'passage' and 'place' / Anthony Perl and Jeffrey Kenworthy ; Neoliberal governance: entrepreneurial municipal regimes in Canada / Ahmed Allahwala, Julie-Anne Boudreau and Roger Keil ; Economics of urban land / Andrejs Skaburskis and Marcus Moos -- 'Placing' and planning the twenty-first-century city. Black holes or white knights? Cities and the environment / Sean Connelly and Mark Roseland ; Re-imaging, re-elevating, and re-placing the urban: the cultural transformation of the inner city in the twenty-first century / Alison Bain ; Slow growth and decline in Canadian cities / Betsy Donald and Heather M. Hall ; Fear, insecurity, and the Canadian city / Deborah Cowen, Amy Siciliano and Neil Smith ; Emerging urban forms in the Canadian city / Jill L. Grant and Pierre Filion ; Changing meanings of urban places / Nicholas Lynch and David Ley ; At home in the city: housing and neighbourhood transformation / Ryan Walker and Tom Carter ; Younger cities, older cities, and cities in the balance: spaces and places of the younger and older population / Mark W. Rosenberg and Dana H. Wilson ; Aboriginal people in Canadian cities / Evelyn J. Peters ; Built environment and obesity: trimming waistlines through neighbourhood design / Jason Gilliland ; Food systems and the city / Alison Blay-Palmer -- Towards a sustainable, healthy, and 'smart' future for Canadian urban communities. Challenges and opportunities in the twenty-first century city / Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks ; Digital data in urban research / Paul Langlois.

Summary:

"This completely revised fourth edition of Canadian cities in transition examines in depth the major transformations taking place in urban Canada - and the transformations that must be set in motion if the society is to survive. Presenting the city in all its facets - historical, evolution , economics dymanics, environmental impacts, urban lifestyles, cultural makeup, social structure, infrastructures, governance, planning, appearance - it is designed to help the next generation address the urban problems they are inheriting: traffic congestion, environmental damage, crime, social segregation, 'food deserts', governance. ..."--P. 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9780195431254 (paperback)
0195431251 (paperback)

Subject:

Cities and towns Canada Textbooks.
Urbanization Canada Textbooks.
Cities and towns.
Urbanization.
Canada.

Form/genre:

Textbooks.

Added entries:

Bunting, Trudi E., 1944-
Filion, Pierre, 1952-
Walker, Ryan, 1975-

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 269935
Call No.: BIB 202437
Status: Available