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Expansive Discourses : Urban Sprawl in Calgary, 1945-1978, Paperback / softback Book

Expansive Discourses : Urban Sprawl in Calgary, 1945-1978 Paperback / softback

Part of the The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies series

Paperback / softback

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This is a groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary after theSecond World War.

The interactions of land developers and the localgovernment influenced how the pattern grew: developers met marketdemands and optimized profits by building houses as efficiently aspossible, while the city had to consider wider planning constraints andinfrastructure costs.

Foran examines the complexity of theirinteractions from a historical perspective, why each party acted as itdid, and where each can be criticized.

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