Urban Futures for Central Canada – Perspectives on Forecasting Urban Growth and…

Urban Futures for Central CanadaPerspectives on Forecasting Urban Growth and Form\nAuthor(s): Larry Bourne, Ross MacKinnon, Jay Siegel, James Simmons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802062437, 978-0802062437\nSynopsis\nUrban problems are now a dominant social issue: the essays in this volume consider the direction some of these problems may take in Central Canada. Three broad themes are discussed: forecasting (a spectrum of methodologies and urban forecasts); assessing the consequences of these forecasts at two levels (the growth of cities as an urban system and the growth and form of individual cities or urban regions); and assessing the role of changes in public policy. Specific topics include forecasting methodology in a spatial context, population and employment growth, migration, transportation, innovations, communication linkages, regional economic structure, economic fluctuations, the effect.