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Toronto has become one of the showcase cities of transnational urbanism. The Canadian city is the country's most important destination for immigrants from around the world. About half of the city's population was not born in Canada; an equal proportion of the population is non- white. Increasingly, immigrants come from non- European countries, in particular from East and South Asia. The ensuing changes in the city's economic, social and cultural fabric are the subject of this article. The argument—presented in 6 steps—lays out the transnationalization of the urban experience in Toronto, describes the spatial aspects of difference, discusses the respective roles of the inner city and the suburbs in the settlement process, exposes the new social disparities of the immigrant city, points to the new political economy of the demographically differentiated urban region and introduces the terms diaspora and creolization as emblematic for the developments in Toronto. An analysis is presented, which builds on recent spatial and scale theory, urban theory and the theory of everyday life in order to systematize and explain the changes that have been described.
Toronto has become one of the showcase cities of transnational urbanism. The Canadian city is the country's most important destination for immigrants from around the world. About half of the city's population was not born in Canada; an equal proportion of the population is non- white. Increasingly, immigrants come from non- European countries, in particular from East and South Asia. The ensuing changes in the city's economic, social and cultural fabric are the subject of this article. The argument—presented in 6 steps—lays out the transnationalization of the urban experience in Toronto, describes the spatial aspects of difference, discusses the respective roles of the inner city and the suburbs in the settlement process, exposes the new social disparities of the immigrant city, points to the new political economy of the demographically differentiated urban region and introduces the terms diaspora and creolization as emblematic for the developments in Toronto. An analysis is presented, which builds on recent spatial and scale theory, urban theory and the theory of everyday life in order to systematize and explain the changes that have been described.
Diaspora City
Keil, Roger (author)
disP - The Planning Review ; 41 ; 60-70
2005-01-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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