‘Zoning’ before zoning: The regulation of apartment housing in early twentieth century Winnipeg and Toronto

Planning Perspectives

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-299

  Dennis, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING POLICY; PLANNING PROCESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZONING SYSTEM;

CANADA;

EID: 0033923332     PISSN: 02665433     EISSN: 14664518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026654300407463     Document Type: Article

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