
Changing Toronto
Governing Urban Neoliberalism
University of Toronto Press
Published on 1. May 2009
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-1-4426-0133-8 (ISBN)
Description
By exploring the formative years of the New City of Toronto (between 1995 and 2005, the period just before, during, and after metropolitan amalgamation), Changing Toronto analyzes the political, social, and environmental challenges of living in, and governing, a major metropolitan city region that bills itself as a multicultural, world-class city.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-0133-8 (9781442601338)
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Persons
Julie-Anne Boudreau is Associate Professor at the Center for Urbanisation, Culture, and Society of the National Institute for Scientific Research in Montreal. She holds the Canada Research Chair on the City and Issues of Insecurity. Her recent work focuses on fear in the city and fear of the city.
Roger Keil is the Director of the City Institute at York University and Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto. Keil is the co-editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research and a co-founder of the International Network for Urban Research and Action.
Douglas Young is Assistant Professor of Social Science and teaches Urban Studies at York University, Toronto. He has worked as an architect, planner, and developer of non-profit housing co-operatives.
Roger Keil is the Director of the City Institute at York University and Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto. Keil is the co-editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research and a co-founder of the International Network for Urban Research and Action.
Douglas Young is Assistant Professor of Social Science and teaches Urban Studies at York University, Toronto. He has worked as an architect, planner, and developer of non-profit housing co-operatives.
Content
Preface
List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
Acknowledgements
1. Canada Urbana: Perspectives of Urban Research
2. The City That Works (No More): Towards the Crisis of the Mid-1990s
3. Tory Toronto: Neoliberalism in the City
4. Making the Megacity
5. Diverse-City
6. Official Planning
7. The In-between City
8. Urinetown or Morainetown?
9. Transportation Dilemmas
10. Creative Competitiveness
11. Millermania
12. Changing Toronto
References
Index
List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
Acknowledgements
1. Canada Urbana: Perspectives of Urban Research
2. The City That Works (No More): Towards the Crisis of the Mid-1990s
3. Tory Toronto: Neoliberalism in the City
4. Making the Megacity
5. Diverse-City
6. Official Planning
7. The In-between City
8. Urinetown or Morainetown?
9. Transportation Dilemmas
10. Creative Competitiveness
11. Millermania
12. Changing Toronto
References
Index