Urban expansion and industrial nature: A political ecology of Toronto's port industrial district

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 586-603

  Desfor, Gene ^a   Vesalon, Lucian ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ash bridge's Bay; Industrial nature; Industrialization; Lake filling; Socio nature; Spatio temporal fix; Toronto; Water front

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

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

EID: 51349167862     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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