Developing sustainability: Sustainability policy and gentrification on Toronto's waterfront

Local Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 651-667

  Bunce, Susannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gentrification; Sustainability policy; Urban intensification; Urban planning; Urban sustainability; Urban waterfronts

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

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

EID: 70349669143     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830903097740     Document Type: Article

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