Planning politics in Toronto
Subtitle: the Ontario Municipal Board and urban development
By: Aaron A. Moore
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781442644236; 9781442612594
Subjects: City planning; History; Urbanisme; Aspect politique; Histoire; Ontario Municipal Board; Commission des affaires municipales de l'Ontario
Description: "The Ontario Municipal Board is an independent provincial planning appeals body that has wielded major influence on Toronto's urban development. In this book, Aaron A. Moore examines the effect that the OMB has had on the behavior and relationships of Toronto's main political actors, including city planners, developers, neighbourhood associations, and local politicians.

Moore's findings draw on a quantitative analysis of all OMB decisions and settlements from 2000 through 2006, as well as eight in-depth case studies. The cases, which examine a variety of development proposals that resulted in OMB appeals, compare the decisions of Toronto's political actors to those typified in American local political economy analyses.

A much-needed contribution to the literature on the politics of urban development in Toronto since the 1970s, Planning Politics in Toronto challenges popular preconceptions of the OMB's role in Toronto's patterns of growth and change."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-247) and index.