Expansive Discourses: Urban Sprawl in Calgary, 1945-1978
A groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary after the Second World War. The interactions of land developers and the local government influenced how the pattern grew: developers met market demands and optimized profits by building houses as efficiently as possible, while the City had to conside...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Athabasca University Press
2009
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| Series: | The West Unbound:Social and Cultural Studies
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | A groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary after the Second World War. The interactions of land developers and the local government influenced how the pattern grew: developers met market demands and optimized profits by building houses as efficiently as possible, while the City had to consider wider planning constraints and infrastructure costs. Foran examines the complexity of their interactions from a historical perspective, why each party acted as it did, and where each can be criticized. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (285 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781897425138 9781897425145 |