GEO 793 Chapter Notes -Urban Geography, Bus Rapid Transit, Grater
15 Jan 2013
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The greater toronto area" (gta) is the largest and fastest growing metropolitan region in canada local and provincial agendas have called for new urban reforms to stop sprawl" and facilitate compact growth. In the city there is no need to experiment and propose alternative visions. It can simply mimic the existing design without need to seek legitimization. Public and private actors" lack of interest to change hampers new urbanism attempts. Existing regulations facilitate maintenance of the status quo. Constraints imposed by the industry facilitate standardization over innovation. Conclusion: new urbanism label gets applied differently depending on the context, gta developers and municipalities are still resistant to new urbanist design, new urbanism in the gta: the hybridization of new urbanist features and conventional housing schemes. January 1998 amalgamation of metropolitan toronto"s constituent municipalities into one megacity . 2001 the restructuring of public recreation policy: the rise of targeted social policy.
