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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Main Author: | Max Foran (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
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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Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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