The shape of the suburbs : understanding Toronto's sprawl /

The shape of the suburbs : understanding Toronto's sprawl /

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Author / Creator:	Sewell, John, 1940-
Imprint:	Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010)
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits
Language:	English
Subject:	City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto Suburban Area -- History. Suburbs -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History. City planning. Suburbs. Toronto Suburban Area (Ont.) -- History. Ontario -- Toronto. Ontario -- Toronto Suburban Area. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11214470

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ISBN:	9781442689114 1442689110 9781442693074 144269307X 9780802098849 0802098843 9780802095879 0802095879
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index.
Summary:	It is now impossible to understand major North American cities without considering the seemingly never-ending and ever-growing sprawl of their surrounding suburbs. In The Shape of the Suburbs, activist, urban affairs columnist, and former Toronto mayor John Sewell examines the relationship between the development of suburbs, water and sewage systems, highways, and the decision-making of Toronto-area governments to show how the suburbs spread, and how they have in turn shaped the city. Using his wealth of knowledge of the city of Toronto and new information gathered from municipal archives, Sewell describes the major movements and forces that allowed for rapid development of the suburbs, while considering the options that were available to planners at the time. Discussing proposals to curb suburban sprawl from the 1960s to the recently adopted plan for the Greater Toronto area, Sewell combines insightful and accessible commentary with rigorous research on the debate between urban and suburban. Concerned not only with sprawl, The Shape of the Suburbs also demonstrates the ways in which suburban political, economic, and cultural influences have impacted the older, central city, culminating in the forced Megacity amalgamation of 1998. Rich in detail and full of useful visual illustrations, The Shape of the Suburbs is a lively look at the construction of the suburban era.
Other form:	Print version: Sewell, John. Shape of the Suburbs : Understanding Toronto's Sprawl. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 9780802098849

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Summary:	John Sewell examines the relationship between the development of suburbs, water and sewage systems, highways, and the decision-making of Toronto-area governments to show how the suburbs spread, and how they have in turn shaped the city.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index.
ISBN:	9781442689114 1442689110 9781442693074 144269307X 9780802098849 0802098843 9780802095879 0802095879