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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 FOUNDATION (Neptis)
1.1
ROLE
1.2
OPERATION
1.3
NEPTIS PEOPLE
1.4
NEPTIS AFFILIATES
1.5
PROGRAM
1.6
PUBLICATIONS
1.7
ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS
1.8
CONTACT
2 LIBRARY (Reports)
2.1
RESEARCH OVERVIEW

2.1.1
The Portrait of a Region
2.1.2
Regional Futures Project
2.1.3
Smart Growth Issue Papers
2.1.4
Neptis Studies in the Toronto Metropolitan Region
2.1.5
Historical Studies
2.1.6
Commentaries on Ontario planning initiatives
2.2
AGRICULTURE

2.2.1
Agriculture in the Central Zone, an Issues Paper
2.2.2
Prospects for Agriculture in the Toronto Region: The Farmer Perspective
2.3
ECONOMY

2.3.1
A Region in Transition: The Changing Structure of Toronto's Regional Economy
2.3.2
Smart Growth and the Regional Economy, an Issues Paper
2.4
ENERGY

2.4.1
Energy and Smart Growth, an Issues Paper
2.5
ENVIRONMENT

2.5.1
Air, Water and Soil Quality, an Issues Paper
 

 
Other notable research

2.6
FINANCE

2.6.1
Municipal Finance and Governance in the Greater Toronto Area: Can the GTA Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century?
2.7
FUTURES AND FORECASTING

2.7.1
Toronto-Related Region Futures Study: Implications of Business-As-Usual Development
2.7.2
Toronto-Related Region Futures Study: Sketch Modelling of Four Alternative Development Concepts
2.7.3
Economic Influences on Population Growth and Housing Demand in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
2.8
GREENLANDS

2.8.1
Greenlands in Central Ontario, an Issues Paper
2.8.2
The State of Greenlands Protection in South-Central Ontario
2.9
GROWTH MANAGEMENT

2.9.1
Inching Toward Sustainability: The Evolving Urban Structure of the GTA
2.9.2
Simcoe County: The New Growth Frontier
2.9.3
The Urban Growth Centres Strategy in the Greater Golden Horseshoe: Lessons from Downtowns, Nodes, and Corridors
2.9.4
Shaping the Toronto Region, Past, Present, and Future: An exploration of the potential effectiveness of changes to planning policies governing greenfield development in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
2.9.5
Places to Shop and Places to Grow: Power Retail, Consumer Travel Behavior, and Urban Growth Management in the Greater Toronto Area
2.9.6
Implementing Residential Intensification Targets: Lessons from research on intensification rates in Ontario
2.10
HISTORY

2.10.1
Urban Infrastructure and Urban Growth in the Toronto Region, 1950s to the 1990s
2.10.2
The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe in Historical Perspective
2.11
PUBLIC POLICY

2.11.1
Commentary on Places to Grow Draft Plan
2.11.2
Commentary on Draft Greenbelt Plan
2.11.3
Commentary on the Ontario Government's Proposed Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
2.11.4
The Public Metropolis: the Political Dynamics of Urban Expansion in the Toronto Region, 1924-2003
2.12
SOCIAL STRUCTURE

2.12.1
People and Places: A Portrait of the Evolving Character of the Greater Toronto Area
2.12.2
Social Change in the Central Ontario Region, an Issues Paper
2.13
TRANSPORTATION

2.13.1
Travel in the Greater Toronto Area: Past and Current Behaviour and Relation to Urban Form
2.13.2
Travel Demand and Urban Form, an Issues Paper
2.13.3
Travel and Housing Costs in the Greater Toronto Area: 1986-1996
2.14
URBAN FORM

2.14.1
The Evolving Physical Condition of the Greater Toronto Area: Space, Form and Change
2.14.2
Smart Development for Smart Growth, an Issues Paper
2.14.3
The Growth Opportunity: Leveraging New Growth to Maximise Benefits in the Central Ontario Zone, an Issues Paper
 

 
Other notable research

2.15
REGIONAL COMPARISONS

3 ATLAS (Maps)
3.3
HISTORY

4 GAZETTE (News)
4.4
NOTES

4.5
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Implementing Residential Intensification Targets--
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