The Politics of Place: Place-making versus Densification in Toronto's Tower Neighbourhoods

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 613-621

  Poppe, Will ^a   Young, Douglas ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Densification; Design charette; Governance; High rise; Neighbourhood renewal; Place; Toronto

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NEIGHBORHOOD; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN RENEWAL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84940035290     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12196     Document Type: Article

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