Taking the pulse of the subdiscipline: The state of urban geography in Canada
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The pulse of urban geography is empirically assessed through the state of the urban geography in Canada. The relatively slow growth in the quantity of human capital attached to urban geography, shift of research funding and expertise into transdisciplinary units and private institutions along with increased diversification of research styles and paradigms are the trends that have characterized urban geography in Canada.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2005
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Urban geography in transition: a Canadian perspective on the 1980s and beyond
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The Canadian urban geography and related fields of government funding are examined from the period of 1980s to 1990. The five indices and levels of activity output in Canadian urban geography are tested and they explore the reasons that emphasizes changes in the national social condition and growth of urban system during the period of 1980s.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2003
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The sea change of the 1980s urban geography as if people and places matter
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The literature in urban geography shifted its interest towards cities and urbanizations in 1980s. The awareness of literature grew more diverse and researchers started examining the issues of economic, social, cultural and political changes.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2003
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