Urban regions in a global context : directions for the greater Toronto area : proceedings of a conference, University of Toronto, October 18-20, 1995 / edited by Judith Kjellberg Bell and Steven Webber.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Toronto : Centre for Urban and Community Studies and Program in Planning, University of Toronto, [1996]

Description:

163 pages : maps ; 28 cm.

Series:

Major report, 0319-4620 ; 34

Notes:
"May 1996."
"Published jointly with the Program in Planning, University of Toronto, Papers on planning and design"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Frontispiece: The Toronto Region -- Introduction: Urban Regions in a Changing Global Context / Steven Webber -- 1. Strategic Metropolitan Planning: The London Experience / Peter Hall -- 2. Urban Futures, Functions and Forms in a Global Setting / Michael A. Goldberg -- 3. Toronto's Economic Future: A Rumination on Comparisons with Seven US Cities / Ann Markusen -- 4. Planning Urban Regions: Social Dimensions / L. A. Kilmartin -- 5. Is There a Case for Metropolitan Government? / L. J. Sharpe -- 6. Governance of the Modern Metropolis: A Response to Peter Hall and Directions for the GTA / Joe Berridge -- 7. Redrawing the Map: A Realist Proposal for Reorganizing the Structure of Governance in the Toronto Region / L. S. Bourne -- 8. Compact Urban Development: Experiences in Randstad Holland / Frans M. Dieleman -- 9. City-Regions in the Global Economy: Choices Facing Toronto / Meric S. Gertler -- 10. Perspectives on Regional Functions and Boundaries / John Hitchcock -- 11. Prescription Based on Confusion / Jim Lemon -- 12. Place of People in Urban Policy / William Michelson -- 13. Social Planning in the GTA: Efficiency through Equity / Susan M. Ruddick -- 14. Governing City-Regions / Andrew Sancton -- 15. Corporate and Regional Competitiveness / Erica Schoenberger -- 16. Cricket, Burglary and the GTA / Alan Waterhouse -- 17. Privatizing Toronto / Barry Wellman.

ISBN:

0772714053 (paperback)
9780772714053 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning Ontario Toronto Metropolitan Area Congresses.
Cities and towns Ontario Toronto Metropolitan Area Congresses.
Metropolitan areas Cross-cultural studies Congresses.
Urban economics Cross-cultural studies.
Urbanisme Ontario Toronto, Agglomération de Congrès.
Villes Ontario Toronto, Agglomération de Congrès.
Économie urbaine Études transculturelles.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Metropolitan areas.
Urban economics.
Ontario Toronto Metropolitan Area.

Form/genre:

Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Cross-cultural studies.

Added entries:

Bell, Judith Kjellberg.
Webber, Steven, 1958-
University of Toronto. Centre for Urban and Community Studies.
University of Toronto. Program in Planning.
Major report (University of Toronto. Centre for Urban and Community Studies) ; 34.

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