Political Science City Planning & Urban Development
Land and Urban Development
A Preliminary Study
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1976
- Category
- City Planning & Urban Development
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888621108
- Publish Date
- Jan 1976
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552773642
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $45.00
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Description
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.'