Polarities of structure and change in urban systems : a Canadian example
Canada ; Changement urbain ; Croissance urbaine ; Fonction urbaine ; Hiérarchie urbaine ; Métropole ; Système urbain
Canada ; Large city ; Urban change ; Urban function ; Urban growth ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban system
The paper examines some of the contradictory assertions in the research literature regarding the on-going reorganization of urban systems through a detailed empirical analysis of the changing properties of the Canadian urban system. The analysis
begins with a conceptual framework that recognizes alternative logics and trajectories of change in urban systems. The paper demonstrates the diversity and rapidity of change, and the indeterminant and contradictory nature of many of the relationships