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Theses/Dissertations

Wilfrid Laurier University

Urban Studies and Planning

1983

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The Kingston Harbourfront Site: An Evaluation Of Urban Development (Ontario), Warren Bruce Stewart Jan 1983

The Kingston Harbourfront Site: An Evaluation Of Urban Development (Ontario), Warren Bruce Stewart

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Between September 15 and December 15, 1980, staff members from the Kingston Harbourfront Archaeological Project conducted rescue excavations on a provincially owned property in the City of Kingston, Ontario. Excavation at the Kingston Harbourfront Site (Bb Gc-7) exposed structural and artifactual data representing four occupational periods and ranging in date from the late 1780's through to the present. A wide variety of structural remains representing military, commercial, industrial and residential developments were examined. Analysis of the archaeological and historical data has led to the compilation of an occupational profile which outlines the historic periods of occupation, the structural and artifactual …


Arson In Toronto: A Geographical Perspective (Ontario), James Richards Jan 1983

Arson In Toronto: A Geographical Perspective (Ontario), James Richards

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis is an empirical study of the crime of arson in Toronto from a geographical perspective. Although empirical in nature there is a framework of analysis that hopefully provides a starting point for theoretical development. The study is loosely organized around the framework of four areas of arson research which include: antecedent environmental conditions, organismic variables, actual firesetting behavior, and the consequences of firesetting. To each one of these areas of research geographical analysis is possible. In most cases it was necessary in this study to incorporate the findings from the psychological and sociological literature into the geographical analysis. …