Canadian Cities in Transition

PART 1: CHANGING PARAMETERS OF URBAN FORM, STRUCTURE, AND POLICY ; 1. Fundamentals of Cities ; 2. Epochs of Canadian Urban Development ; 3. Transition in the City ; PART 2: THE STRUCTURING PARAMETERS OF 21ST CENTURY URBANIZATION ; 4. The Global Imperative ; 5. Getting Serious about Urban Sustainability: Eco-Footprints and the Vulnerability of Twenty-First Century Cities (NEW) ; 6. The Dynamics of Economic Change in Canadian Cities: Innovation, Culture, and the Emergence of a Knowledge-Based Economy ; 7. Economic Change in Canadian Cities: Locational Dynamics of Employment ; 8. Life Course and Lifestyle Changes: Urban Change Through the Lens of Demography ; 9. New Diversity: Social Change as Immigration ; 10. New Divisions: Social Polarization and Neighbourhood Inequality in the Canadian City ; 11. The Canadian City at a Crossroads Between 'Passage' and 'Place' ; 12. Neoliberal Governance: Entrepreneurial Municipal Regimes in Canada ; 13. The Economics of Urban Land ; PART 3: 'PLACING' AND PLANNING THE 21ST CENTURY CITY ; 14. Black Holes or White Knights? Cities and the Environment ; 15. Re-Imaging, Re-Elevating, and Re-Placing the Urban: The Cultural Transformation of the Inner City in the Twenty-First Century ; 16. Slow Growth and Decline in Canadian Cities ; 17. Fear, Insecurity, and the Canadian City ; 18. Emerging Urban Forms in the Canadian City ; 19. The Changing Meanings of Urban Places ; 20. At Home in the City: Housing and Neighbourhood Transformation ; 21. Younger Cities, Older Cities, and Cities in the Balance: Spaces and Places of the Younger and Older Population ; 22. Aboriginal People in Canadian Cities (NEW) ; 23. The Built Environment and Obesity: Trimming Waistlines through Neighbourhood Design ; 24. Food Systems and the City (NEW) ; PART 4: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY, AND 'SMART' FUTURE FOR CANADIAN URBAN COMMUNITIES ; 25. Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century City ; Appendix A: Digital Data in Urban Research ; Appendix B: Selected Data on Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas ; Glossary ; Index