TECHNOLOGY AND SETTLEMENT FORM: A FUTURE SCENARIO FOR CANADA

This paper analyzes emerging technological change in developing a scenario for future Canadian urban form. Rather than more centrifugal development, we may actually witness greater centripetal movement. In many developed countries, inner-city employment has been increasing, but at a slower rate than in metropolitan areas. The only nation which has bucked this trend is Canada where both Montreal and Toronto continue to experience rapid rates of central area employment. Canada thus stands as an anomaly with explicit municipal and provincial policies contributing to the strengthening of housing and jobs within range of transit-orientated commuting systems. Some speculations will be developed, based on demographic structure, housing demand, transportation, employment, and infrastructure provision, as well as socio-cultural services which are viewed as major factors influencing development patterns.

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  Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

  Kluwer Academic Pub Group, Distribution Center, P.O. Box 322
  3300 AH Dordrecht,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • PRESSMAN, N
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 295-309
• Serial:
  • Transportation (Netherlands)
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
  • ISSN: 0049-4488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Socioeconomic factors; Technology; Urban growth
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Economics; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475898
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM