The Changing Social Geography of Canadian Cities (Volume 2) (Canadian Association of Geographers Series in Canadian Geography)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0773509720
ISBN 13
9780773509726
Category
300-309 Sociology
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Publication Year
1993
Publisher
Pages
496
Subject
Cities and towns -- Canada. Sociology, Urban -- Canada. Villes -- Canada.
Abstract
This volume demonstrates the richness and diversity of the social landscapes and communities in Canadian urban centres, emphasizing changes which occurred in the period from the mid-1960s to the early 1990s.
Description
Publisher Synopsis
"The editors are to be commended for having assembled a set of essays which represent a fine, contemporary collection with respect to social geography and the cities and towns of Canada ... The work of many human geographers in Canada commands international respect and this volume is sure to add to that judgement." John Mercer, Department of Geography, Syracuse University.
"The editors are to be commended for having assembled a set of essays which represent a fine, contemporary collection with respect to social geography and the cities and towns of Canada ... The work of many human geographers in Canada commands international respect and this volume is sure to add to that judgement." John Mercer, Department of Geography, Syracuse University.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Larry S Bourne; David Ley
ISBN: 0773509720 0773509267 9780773509269 9780773509726
OCLC Number: 29356768
Notes: Includes index.
Description: vi, 487 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents: 1. Introduction: The Social Context and Diversity of Urban Canada / D.F. Ley and L.S. Bourne --
2. Evolving Urban Landscapes / D.W. Holdsworth --
3. Measuring the Social Ecology of Cities / W.K.D. Davies and R.A. Murdie --
4. Demography, Living Arrangement, and Residential Geography / J.R. Miron --
5. Urban Social Behaviour in Time and Space / D.G. Janelle --
6. Migration, Mobility, and Population Redistribution / E.G. Moore and M.W. Rosenberg --
7. The Emerging Ethnocultural Mosaic / S.H. Olson and A.L. Kobayashi --
8. Work, Labor Markets, and Households in Transition / D. Rose and P. Villeneuve --
9. Housing Markets, Community Development and Neighbourhood Change / L.S. Bourne and T. Bunting --
10. Integrating Production and Consumption: Industry, Class, Ethnicity, and the Jews of Toronto / D. Hiebert --
11. Past Elites and Present Gentry: Neighbourhoods of Privilege in the Inner City / D.F. Ley. 12. From Periphery to Centre: The Changing Geography of the Suburbs / L.J. Evenden and G.E. Walker --
13. The Social Geography of Small Towns / J.C. Everitt and A.M. Gill --
14. Social Planning and the Welfare State / J.T. Lemon --
15. The Meaning of Home, Homeownership, and Public Policy / R. Harris and G.J. Pratt --
16. Homelessness / M.J. Dear and J. Wolch --
17. Geography of Urban Health / S.M. Taylor --
18. Changing Access to Public and Private Services: Non-Family Childcare / S. Mackenzie and M. Truelove --
19. Cities as a Social Responsibility: Planning and Urban Form / P.J. Smith and P.W. Moore.
Series Title: Canadian Association of Geographers series in Canadian geography.
Responsibility: edited by Larry S. Bourne and David F. Ley.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Larry S Bourne; David Ley
ISBN: 0773509720 0773509267 9780773509269 9780773509726
OCLC Number: 29356768
Notes: Includes index.
Description: vi, 487 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents: 1. Introduction: The Social Context and Diversity of Urban Canada / D.F. Ley and L.S. Bourne --
2. Evolving Urban Landscapes / D.W. Holdsworth --
3. Measuring the Social Ecology of Cities / W.K.D. Davies and R.A. Murdie --
4. Demography, Living Arrangement, and Residential Geography / J.R. Miron --
5. Urban Social Behaviour in Time and Space / D.G. Janelle --
6. Migration, Mobility, and Population Redistribution / E.G. Moore and M.W. Rosenberg --
7. The Emerging Ethnocultural Mosaic / S.H. Olson and A.L. Kobayashi --
8. Work, Labor Markets, and Households in Transition / D. Rose and P. Villeneuve --
9. Housing Markets, Community Development and Neighbourhood Change / L.S. Bourne and T. Bunting --
10. Integrating Production and Consumption: Industry, Class, Ethnicity, and the Jews of Toronto / D. Hiebert --
11. Past Elites and Present Gentry: Neighbourhoods of Privilege in the Inner City / D.F. Ley. 12. From Periphery to Centre: The Changing Geography of the Suburbs / L.J. Evenden and G.E. Walker --
13. The Social Geography of Small Towns / J.C. Everitt and A.M. Gill --
14. Social Planning and the Welfare State / J.T. Lemon --
15. The Meaning of Home, Homeownership, and Public Policy / R. Harris and G.J. Pratt --
16. Homelessness / M.J. Dear and J. Wolch --
17. Geography of Urban Health / S.M. Taylor --
18. Changing Access to Public and Private Services: Non-Family Childcare / S. Mackenzie and M. Truelove --
19. Cities as a Social Responsibility: Planning and Urban Form / P.J. Smith and P.W. Moore.
Series Title: Canadian Association of Geographers series in Canadian geography.
Responsibility: edited by Larry S. Bourne and David F. Ley.
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