GGRC33H3 Final: FInals Essay Question #2, 5
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The present-day physical landscape of the toronto region is a direct reflection and composite of many years of intense planning policies, initiatives and debates (sewell, 1993; sewell, 2009; Initiatives for improving and or producing a better city in the early twentieth century, marked the beginning and launch of planning in the toronto region (sewell, 1993, p. 4). Regional planning first appeared in toronto during the ww2, but there were thoughts of planning dating back to ww1 (white, 2007). Without question the major event of the 1950s and 1960s was the 1953 establishment of the municipality of metropolitan. Toronto (metro) a regional government which encompassed thirteen municipalities (most of the then urbanized territory plus ambient rural lands (filion, 2000). The focus of this analytical response will centre of investigating many different dimensions of the creation of metro (1953) by answering (1) why was it established and (2) in what ways was it thought to be successful.