Urban Sociology in Canada

Urban Sociology in Canada
Author: Peter McGahan
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1483141918

Urban Sociology in Canada, Second Edition introduces the fundamentals of the theoretical structure of Canadian urban studies. The book is comprised of 11 chapters that are organized into six parts. The text provides census data of various Canadian cities along with urban empirical studies to help illustrate the generalization and concepts. The book first covers the classical foundations of urban sociology, and then proceeds to discussing the growth of urban system. The third part talks about the process of entrance to the urban system, while the fourth part deals with the spatial shape of the urban system. The last two parts tackle urbanism and the regulation of urban system, respectively. The book will be of great use to social scientists who involve urban population as the main demographics of their research study.

Canadian Geography

Canadian Geography
Author: Thomas A. Rumney
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 801
Release: 2009-12-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0810867184

Canadian Geography: A Scholarly Bibliography is a compendium of published works on geographical studies of Canada and its various provinces. It includes works on geographical studies of Canada as a whole, on multiple provinces, and on individual provinces. Works covered include books, monographs, atlases, book chapters, scholarly articles, dissertations, and theses. The contents are organized first by region into main chapters, and then each chapter is divided into sections: General Studies, Cultural and Social Geography, Economic Geography, Historical Geography, Physical Geography, Political Geography, and Urban Geography. Each section is further sub-divided into specific topics within each main subject. All known publications on the geographical studies of Canada—in English, French, and other languages—covering all types of geography are included in this bibliography. It is an essential resource for all researchers, students, teachers, and government officials needing information and references on the varied aspects of the environments and human geographies of Canada.

Usable Urban Past Planning and Politics

Usable Urban Past Planning and Politics
Author: Alan F.J. Artibise
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 399
Release: 1980-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0773580646

This collection of original essays serves both the historians and geographers who seek a deeper understanding of Canada's urban past, and the planners, politicians and citizens who seek to preserve or to change their cities today.

The Myth of the North American City

The Myth of the North American City
Author: Michael Goldberg
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0774843292

The continuing tendency to "continentalize" Canadian issues has been particularly marked in the area of urban studies where United States-based research findings, methodologies, and attitudes have held sway. In this book, Goldberg and Mercer demonstrate that the label "North American City" as widely used is inappropriate and misleading in discussion of the distinctive Canadian urban environment. Examining such elements of the cultural context as mass values, social and demographic structures, the economy, and political institutions, they reveal salient differences between Canada and the United States.

Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning

Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 6124
Release: 2021-06-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 135102213X

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1970 and 1998, draw together research by leading academics in the area of urban planning, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine teaching, urban markets, planning, transport planning, poverty, politics, forecasting techniques and an examination of the inner city in Europe and the US, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of planning. This set will be of particular interest to students of sociology, geography, planning and urbanization respectively.

Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society

Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society
Author: Michael Dear
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351067982

Originally published in 1981, Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society, is a comprehensive collection of papers addressing urban crises. Through a synthesis of current discussions around various critical approaches to the urban question, the book defines a general theory of urbanization and urban planning in capitalist society. It examines the conceptual preliminaries necessary for the establishment of capitalist theory and provides a theoretical exposition of the fundamental logic of urbanization and urban planning. It also provides a detailed discussion of commodity production and its effects on urban development.