Political Science City Planning & Urban Development
Expansive Discourses
Urban Sprawl in Calgary, 1945–1978
- Publisher
- Athabasca University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2009
- Category
- City Planning & Urban Development, Post-Confederation (1867-), Prairie Provinces (AB, MB, SK)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897425138
- Publish Date
- Jan 2009
- List Price
- $29.99
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Description
This is 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.
About the author
Max Foran is the author of a dozen books, including The Chalk and the Easel: Stanford Perrott, Teacher?Painter; Trails and Trials: Markets and Land Use in the Canadian Cattle Industry; Roland Gissing: the People's Painter; and Calgary: Canada's Frontier Metropolis. He is a professor in the University of Calgary's faculty of Communications and Culture.