 | Toronto: Transformations in a City and Its Region Subjects: Toronto Metropolitan Area (Ont.) -- History; City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto Metropolitan area -- History; City and town life -- Ontario -- Toronto Metropolitan Area; Toronto describes the diverse and remarkable transformations that have occurred in the urban landscapes of Toronto, especially over the last fifty years as it has grown from a provincial industrial city into multicentered, multicultural, world-city region that is one of the largest metropolitan areas in North America. A longtime resident of Toronto, Edward Relph is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Place and Placelessness and Modern Urban Landscapes. |
