The ecosystem approach and the global imperative on Toronto's Central Waterfront

Cities

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-272

  Laidley, Jennefer ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

economic restructuring; ecosystem planning; Toronto; urban development; urban planning; Waterfronts; world cities

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; POST-FORDISM; REDEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN RENEWAL; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT; WORLD CITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 34347357583     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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