Toronto

Auteur

Edward Relph

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A longtime resident of Toronto, Edward Relph is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Place and Placelessness and Modern Urban Landscapes.

Résumé
Toronto describes the diverse and remarkable transformations that have occurred in the urban landscapes of Toronto, especially over the last fifty years as it has grown from a provincial industrial city into multicentered, multicultural, world-city region that is one of the largest metropolitan areas in North America.

Contenu

Preface
Chapter 1. Urban Transformations
Chapter 2. Confused Identities
Chapter 3. Shaping the Old City
Chapter 4. The Ascendancy of Metropolitan Toronto
Chapter 5. A Post-suburban Skyscraper City
Chapter 6. Diversity in the Outer Suburbs
Chapter 7. Polycentricity
Chapter 8. Globally Connected and Locally Divided
Chapter 9. Containing Growth
Chapter 10. A City for Everybody
Notes
Index