Author: CITY OF EDMONTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Title: Urban Renewal Study for the City of Edmonton - Part 1: The Problem
Description: Edmonton, AB: City of Edmonton Planning Department, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 47 pages. Profusely illustrated. The overall study examines the quality of housing stock in the Edmonton Metropolitan Area and seeks appropriate methods for overcoming its inadequacies. This volume, Part 1 of the study, illustrates the effects of poor housing and poor neighbourhood environment relative to the City of Edmonton and Town of Jasper Place. Districts with the hightest incidence of physical, mental and social health problems (per capita) are identified and, by comparison with statistics for the city at large and other metropolitan areas, evaluated to obtain a perspective of the severity of blight. Undertaken by the City Planning Department, under the terms of the National Housing Act 1954 with a grant administered by CMHC, and with the approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs of the Province of Alberta. Unmarked. Light wear. Excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; City of Edmonton Planning Department Urban Renewal Study for the City of Edmonton - Part 1: The Problem 47 pages. Profusely illustrated. The overall study examines the quality of housing stock in the Edmonton Metropolitan Area and seeks appropriate me. Very Good .

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