NEPTIS STUDIES ON THE TORONTO METROPOLITAN REGION PLACES TO SHOP AND PLACES TO GROW POWER RETAIL, CONSUMER TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR, AND URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN THE GREATER TORONTO AREA APRIL 2009 RON BULIUNG UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA TONY HERNANDEZ RYERSON UNIVERSITY NEPTIS THE ARCHITECTURE OF URBAN REGIONS (This page is intentionally blank) PLACES TO SHOP AND PLACES TO GROW POWER RETAIL, CONSUMER TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR, AND URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN THE GREATER TORONTO AREA Ron Buliung, University of Toronto Mississauga Tony Hernandez, Ryerson University NEPTIS FOUNDATION Suite 501 1240 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5R 2A7 Neptis is an independent Canadian foundation that conducts and publishes nonpartisan research on the past, present and futures of urban regions. www.neptis.org By contributing reliable information, expert analysis and fresh policy ideas, Neptis seeks to inform and catalyze debate and decision-making on regional © 2009 Neptis urban development. Foundation NEPTIS THE ARCHITECTURE OF URBAN REGIONS Copyright © 2009 Neptis Foundation Web edition First impression Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Buliung, Ron, 1970– Places to shop and places to grow : power retail, consumer travel behaviour, and urban growth management in the Greater Toronto Area / Ron Buliung, Tony Hernandez. ISBN 978-0-9739888-3-3 1. Retail trade —Ontario—Toronto. 2. Shopping centers —Ontario—Toronto. 3. Consumers—Travel—Ontario—Toronto. 4. Consumer behavior—Ontario—Toronto. 5. City planning—Ontario—Toronto. I. Hernández, Tony II. Neptis Foundation III. Title. HF5429.6.C32T67 2009 381’.109713541 C2009-901693-1 The authors can be contacted by e-mail at
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