Expansive Discourses: Urban Sprawl in Calgary, 1945-1978

• Tác giả: Max Foran
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1897425138
• ISBN-13: 978-1897425145
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 307.141609712338 Planning and development
• Thông tin xuất bản: Edmonton, AB : Athabasca University Press, 2009
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (285 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 228692

Tóm tắt

A groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary after the Second World War. The interactions of land developers and the local government influenced how the pattern grew: developers met market demands and optimized profits by building houses as efficiently as possible, while the City had to consider wider planning constraints and infrastructure costs. Foran examines the complexity of their interactions from a historical perspective, why each party acted as it did, and where each can be criticized.