A groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary after the SecondWorld War. The interactions of land developers and the local governmentinfluenced how the pattern grew: developers met market demands andoptimized profits by building houses as efficiently as possible, whilethe City had to consider wider planning constraints and infrastructurecosts. In Expansive Discourses, Foran examines the complexity oftheir interactions from a historical perspective, why each party actedas it did, and where each can be criticized. | Expansive Discourses by MAX FORAN, Paperback | Indigo Chapters