RICHARD G SHEARMUR
Biographic Data
| ID | 5245468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | RICHARD G SHEARMUR |
| GIVEN NAMES | RICHARD G |
| FAMILY NAME | SHEARMUR |
| SIGNATURE | SHEARMUR R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Inside Montréal’s inclusionary zoning debate
Inclusionary housing strategies have been implemented for several decades across North America and Europe, and debate on their effectiveness continues apace among scholars and practitioners. Although studies have documented disagreements about site-specific inclusionary mechanisms, formal deliberations leading up to citywide inclusionary policies have rarely been examined. We take advantage of Montréal’s process of citywide public hearings to ana…
The end of location theory? Some implications of micro-work, work trajectories and gig- work for conceptualizing the urban space economy
Catch Me if You Can
A growing number of workers, particularly in the knowledge and service sectors, can perform their work at multiple locations, and it is decreasingly realistic to assume, as researchers and planners have traditionally done, that employment in cities occurs in fixed locations. This suggests that census data or establishment registries do not fully capture where economic activity takes place. Given the role that ICTs play in enabling daytime workpla…
Urban Employment Subcenters and Sectoral Clustering in Montreal
Since the late 1980's there has been renewed interest in the study of employment polynucleation within metropolitan areas, fed in part by the move to suburban locations of high-order service functions. In parallel, a growing body of research has underlined the role which proximity plays in information exchange, innovation and growth. So far there have been only limited attempts to merge these two approaches and investigate the degree to which loc…
Agglomeration and Dispersion of High-order Service Employment in the Montreal Metropolitan Region, 1981-96
Much of the recent urban literature on suburban employment centres has neglected the role of high-order services, perhaps the principal component of 'edge cities', in the creation of the evolving multinucleated metropolitan structure. This paper specifically explores the role of high-order services in this process. We use employment by place-of-work data at the census-tract level to examine the changing intrametropolitan geography of employment i…
Intrametropolitan Employment Distribution in Montreal, 1981-1996
A major theme in the recent urban literature concerns the intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities. In North American metropolitan areas, the most recent phase of post-World War II employment decentralization has involved high-order services and has culminated in the creation of “suburban downtowns” or “edge cities” that often are direct competitors to the central business district (CBD). In this paper, we examine (1) the extent to w…
The identification of employment centres in Canadian metropolitan areas
The intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities and, specifically, the formation of suburban employment centres has become a major research and policy issue. In spite of an increasing number of detailed analyses of the geography of employment in individual metropolitan areas, no generally accepted and systematic methodology for identifying employment centres exists. Comparisons between metropolitan areas have been highly limited due to …
Agglomeration and Dispersion of High-order Service Employment in the Montreal Metropolitan Region, 1981-96
Much of the recent urban literature on suburban employment centres has neglected the role of high-order services, perhaps the principal component of 'edge cities', in the creation of the evolving multinucleated metropolitan structure. This paper specifically explores the role of high-order services in this process. We use employment by place-of-work data at the census-tract level to examine the changing intrametropolitan geography of employment i…
Intrametropolitan Employment Distribution in Montreal, 1981-1996
A major theme in the recent urban literature concerns the intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities. In North American metropolitan areas, the most recent phase of post-World War II employment decentralization has involved high-order services and has culminated in the creation of “suburban downtowns” or “edge cities” that often are direct competitors to the central business district (CBD). In this paper, we examine (1) the extent to w…
Urban Employment Subcenters and Sectoral Clustering in Montreal
Since the late 1980's there has been renewed interest in the study of employment polynucleation within metropolitan areas, fed in part by the move to suburban locations of high-order service functions. In parallel, a growing body of research has underlined the role which proximity plays in information exchange, innovation and growth. So far there have been only limited attempts to merge these two approaches and investigate the degree to which loc…
The identification of employment centres in Canadian metropolitan areas
The intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities and, specifically, the formation of suburban employment centres has become a major research and policy issue. In spite of an increasing number of detailed analyses of the geography of employment in individual metropolitan areas, no generally accepted and systematic methodology for identifying employment centres exists. Comparisons between metropolitan areas have been highly limited due to …
The end of location theory? Some implications of micro-work, work trajectories and gig- work for conceptualizing the urban space economy
Intrametropolitan Employment Distribution in Montreal, 1981-1996
A major theme in the recent urban literature concerns the intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities. In North American metropolitan areas, the most recent phase of post-World War II employment decentralization has involved high-order services and has culminated in the creation of “suburban downtowns” or “edge cities” that often are direct competitors to the central business district (CBD). In this paper, we examine (1) the extent to w…
The identification of employment centres in Canadian metropolitan areas
The intrametropolitan distribution of economic activities and, specifically, the formation of suburban employment centres has become a major research and policy issue. In spite of an increasing number of detailed analyses of the geography of employment in individual metropolitan areas, no generally accepted and systematic methodology for identifying employment centres exists. Comparisons between metropolitan areas have been highly limited due to …
Urban Employment Subcenters and Sectoral Clustering in Montreal
Since the late 1980's there has been renewed interest in the study of employment polynucleation within metropolitan areas, fed in part by the move to suburban locations of high-order service functions. In parallel, a growing body of research has underlined the role which proximity plays in information exchange, innovation and growth. So far there have been only limited attempts to merge these two approaches and investigate the degree to which loc…
Agglomeration and Dispersion of High-order Service Employment in the Montreal Metropolitan Region, 1981-96
Much of the recent urban literature on suburban employment centres has neglected the role of high-order services, perhaps the principal component of 'edge cities', in the creation of the evolving multinucleated metropolitan structure. This paper specifically explores the role of high-order services in this process. We use employment by place-of-work data at the census-tract level to examine the changing intrametropolitan geography of employment i…
Catch Me if You Can
A growing number of workers, particularly in the knowledge and service sectors, can perform their work at multiple locations, and it is decreasingly realistic to assume, as researchers and planners have traditionally done, that employment in cities occurs in fixed locations. This suggests that census data or establishment registries do not fully capture where economic activity takes place. Given the role that ICTs play in enabling daytime workpla…
The end of location theory? Some implications of micro-work, work trajectories and gig- work for conceptualizing the urban space economy
Inside Montréal’s inclusionary zoning debate
Inclusionary housing strategies have been implemented for several decades across North America and Europe, and debate on their effectiveness continues apace among scholars and practitioners. Although studies have documented disagreements about site-specific inclusionary mechanisms, formal deliberations leading up to citywide inclusionary policies have rarely been examined. We take advantage of Montréal’s process of citywide public hearings to ana…
Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Census (4 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Metropolitan area (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)