Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
RTPI Library series |
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RTPI library series.
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Contents |
1. Historical background -- 2. Regent Park, 1960-2000 : what went wrong (or right)? -- 3. Public housing policy in an international context -- 4. A new Regent Park : the planning process -- 5. Residents' perspectives on the redevelopment -- 6. Tenants' displacement experiences -- 7. The challenges of temporary relocation (2006-2011) -- 8. Tenants' resettlement (2009-2013) -- 9. The revitalized Regent Park community -- 10. Looking to the future |
Summary |
Regent Park Redux evaluates one of the biggest experiments in public housing redevelopment from the tenant perspective. Built in the 1940s, Toronto's Regent Park has experienced common large-scale public housing problems. Instead of simply tearing down old buildings and scattering inhabitants, the city's housing authority came up with a plan for radical transformation. In partnership with a private developer, the Toronto Community Housing Corporation organized a twenty-year, billion-dollar makeover. The reconstituted neighbourhood, one of the most diverse in the world, will offer a new mix of amenities and social services intended to'reknit the urban fabric.'Regent Park Redux, based on a ten-year study of 52 households as they moved through stages of displacement and resettlement, examines the dreams and hopes residents have for their community and their future. Urban planners and designers across the world, in cities facing some of the same challenges as Toronto, will want to pay attention to this story |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 24, 2017) |
Subject |
Public housing -- Canada
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Housing policy -- Canada
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Urban renewal -- Canada
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Housing policy
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Public housing
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Urban renewal
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Canada
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Johnson, Robert E., author
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ISBN |
9781317607748 |
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1317607740 |
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9781317607731 |
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1317607732 |
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9781315748993 |
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1315748991 |
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9781317607724 |
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1317607724 |
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