Smart growth strategies, transportation and urban sprawl: Simulated futures for Hamilton, Ontario

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-308

  Behan, Kevin ^a   Maoh, Hanna ^a   Kanaroglou, Pavlos ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hamilton; IMULATE; Modelling; Smart growth; Sustainable development; Urban residential intensification

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 50849100738     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2008.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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