Urban and Regional Planning in Canada Book

Barry Cullingworth presents a wide-ranging review of urban, regional, economic, and environmental planning in Canada. This comprehensive source of information on Canadian planning policies also compares their distinctive character with programs and policies in the United States and Britain.

The author documents how governmental agencies handle problems of population growth, urban development, exploitation of natural resources, regional disparities, and many other issues that fall within the scope of "urban and regional planning." But he goes beyond this scope to prove matters of politics, law, economics, social organization—the whole gamut of historical and contemporary issues. The book is pragmatic, eclectic, interpretive, and critical. It makes a valuable contribution to the international literature on planning in its political context.

Contents: Introduction; The Agencies of Planning; On the Nature of Urban Plans; the Instruments of Planning; Land Policies; Natural Resources; Regional Planning at the Federal level; Regional Planning and Development in Ontario; Regional Planning in Other Provinces; Environmental Protection; Planning and People; Epilogue: some Reflections on the Nature of Planning in Canada.