Beschreibung:
Aims to present a broad-ranging account of Vancouver, including a historical geography of the city and its surrounding area, a commentary on the contemporary city and a report of the impacts of urban growth on the biophysical environment.
Introduction, Graem Wynn; views of the metropolitan area, Alfred H. Siemens; the primordial environment, O. Slaymaker, et al; the lower mainland 1820-81, Cole Harris; the rise of Vancouver, Graeme Wynn; primordial to prim order - a century of environmental change, T.R. Oke, et al; Vancouver, the province, and the pacific rim, T.J. Barnes, et al; Vancouver since the Second World War - an economic geography, R.N. North and W.G. Hardwick; time to grow up? from urban village to world city 1966-91, D. Ley, et al; the biophysical environment today, D.G. Steyn, et al; epilogue, Derek Gregory.