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Political Science City Planning & Urban Development

Land and Urban Development

A Preliminary Study

by (author) Peter Spurr

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1976
Category
City Planning & Urban Development
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888621108
    Publish Date
    Jan 1976
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552773642
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $45.00

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Published in 1976, Land and Urban Development--originally prepared for Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation--is the first comprehensive study of the land development and housing industry in Canada.
It details the ownership of major contemporary development corporations, analyzes the massive land banks these corporations controlled around 21 Canadian cities, dissects the profits made from turning farm land into house lots, describes the successes and failures of public land bankings in five locations, and offers case studies of the land market in Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver.

Land and Urban Development presents an extremely detailed analysis of the mechanics of urban development at a crucial period in Canadian history.

About the author

PETER SPURR has worked for the National Capital Commission in Ottawa and in research at CMHC\s head office.'

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