Old mega-projects newly packaged? Waterfront redevelopment in Toronto

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 786-803

  Lehrer, Ute ^a   Laidley, Jennefer ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive city; Disenfranchisement; Exclusion; Globalization; Mega project; Neoliberal urbanism; Public space; Toronto; Urban development; Waterfront

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN RENEWAL; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

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

EID: 58049192372     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00830.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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