Toronto sprawls : a history / Lawrence Solomon.

Main entry:

Solomon, Lawrence, 1948-

Title & Author:

Toronto sprawls : a history / Lawrence Solomon.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 120 pages ; 24 cm

Series:

University of Toronto Centre for Public Management monograph series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Greater Toronto, circa 1900, before the era of sprawl -- How private transit hobbled sprawl -- Living at close quarters -- Toronto the good -- Model people, model suburbs -- Canada's war effort against the cities -- CMHC and cheap financing open up the suburbs -- Partial amalgamation, full sprawl / with Satish Dhar -- The suburbs beyond the suburbs / with Satish Dhar -- Conclusion: How Toronto might have been -- Postscript: Toronto in 2020.

Summary:

"Toronto Sprawls makes a convincing case that urban sprawl in Toronto was caused not by market forces, but rather by policies and programs designed to disperse Toronto's urban population."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780772786180 (pbk.)
0772786186
9780772786197 (bound)
0772786194

Subject:

Cities and towns Ontario Toronto Growth History.
City planning Ontario Toronto History.
Urban policy Ontario Toronto History.
Urban sprawl Ontario Toronto.
Villes Ontario Toronto Croissance Histoire.
Urbanisme Ontario Toronto Histoire.
Politique urbaine Ontario Toronto Histoire.
Cities and towns Growth.
City planning.
Urban policy.
Stadtentwicklung
Suburbanisierung
Zersiedlung
Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr
Toronto (Ont.) History.
Toronto (Ont.) Histoire.
Ontario Toronto.
Toronto

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

University of Toronto Centre for Public Management monograph series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 251238
Call No.: BIB 180720
Status: Available

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