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dc.contributor.authorHannah, Julie
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-26 16:35:09 (GMT)
dc.date.available2012-09-26 16:35:09 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2012-09-26T16:35:09Z
dc.date.submitted2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/7023
dc.description.abstractThe urban landscape reflects the social, economic, and policy changes that have taken place in a community. The inner city has been previosly called a microcosm that indicates the changes that are occurring in society. The inner city can thus be studied to examine how it responds and adapts to economic change. This thesis asks in what ways are the historic and current economic transitions visible in Hamilton’s inner city landscape; and how do planning policies influence the emerging urban built form. The thesis examines select characteristics of the contemporary inner city derived from the literature (i.e. art and entertainment amenitites, recreational uses, residential revitalization, institutional uses, post-Fordist economy, decline in manufacturing activity, promotion of multi-modal transportation, sustainability policy, and statement place making) and their expected physical manifestations. The methods consist of a historical analysis and visual diagnosis that uses photographs and field notes in order to provide a bottom-up interpretation of downtown Hamilton’s changing urban landscape. There is evidence of arts-culture led rejuvenation of downtown Hamilton and the public realm. However, there is the challenge of promoting revitalization in a context of visual urban blight and the possibilities of policy-induced loss of employment lands.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectHamiltonen
dc.subjectOntarioen
dc.subjectEconomic Changeen
dc.subjectDowntownen
dc.subjectUrban Renewalen
dc.subjectNew Economyen
dc.subjectArts-Culture Led Rejuvenationen
dc.subjectDowntown Revitalizationen
dc.subjectManufacturing Declineen
dc.subjectPost-Fordisten
dc.subjectVisual Diagnosisen
dc.subjectPhotographyen
dc.titleEconomic Change and the Inner City Landscape: A Case Study of Hamilton, Ontarioen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programPlanningen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPlanningen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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