Midsize cities face a number of sustainability challenges, particularly in terms of transportation
and land use, however only a small subset of the literature has addressed these issues.
Examination of the literature reveals two reasons for this: there is no consensus on a definition of
midsize cities used for transportation research purposes, and there is very little empirical
understanding of midsize city characteristics. This thesis addresses both of these issues. In order
to establish the bigger picture, an empirical classification of Canadian cities is completed and
used as a tool to analyze the travel behaviour characteristics of Canadian midsize cities. This
work is followed by two detailed case studies of midsize Canadian cities – the City of Kamloops,
British Columbia, and the Town of Milton, Ontario. The case studies employ both qualitative and
quantitative research methods to explore the context around travel behaviour in each community.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/42958 |
| Date | 28 November 2013 |
| Creators | Toop, Erin Carrie |
| Contributors | Miller, Eric |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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