Description
Book SynopsisToronto describes the diverse and remarkable transformations that have occurred in the urban landscapes of Toronto, especially over the last fifty years as it has grown from a provincial industrial city into multicentered, multicultural, world-city region that is one of the largest metropolitan areas in North America.
Trade Review"U.S. urbanists are busy looking to Shanghai for the model of the coming metropolis. Edward Relph's study suggests that they should avoid the long plane trip and check out Toronto." * Carl Abbott, Portland State University *
"A brilliant and much-needed book about Toronto! Published at a critical time in the history of the Canadian metropolis, Ted Relph's volume explains Toronto both to itself and to the world." * Roger Keil, York University *
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1. Urban Transformations
Chapter 2. Confused Identities
Chapter 3. Shaping the Old City
Chapter 4. The Ascendancy of Metropolitan Toronto
Chapter 5. A Post-suburban Skyscraper City
Chapter 6. Diversity in the Outer Suburbs
Chapter 7. Polycentricity
Chapter 8. Globally Connected and Locally Divided
Chapter 9. Containing Growth
Chapter 10. A City for Everybody
Notes
Index
