Reorienting urban development? structural obstruction to new urban forms

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Filion, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Smart growth; Structuration theory; Toronto; Urban change

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN SOCIETY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 77951217563     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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