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Download or read book Summary of a study on the written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fact, a contraction phase in the number of housing starts (a phenomenon observed during the 1990s, resulting in particular from the overbuilding in the late 1980s and the recession) is followed by an expansion phase, when housing starts exceed annual household formation (a phenomenon currently taking place, notably attributable to the recovery of the previously generated latent demand and the g [...] This second ring of suburbs that circles the Island of Montréal logically corresponds to the sectors that especially benefited from residential construction during the 1980s and 1990s (particularly the North Shore of the metropolitan area in the last decade). [...] The proximity of services and workplaces, all the activities available in the heart of the city, and the architectural charm of the older districts incited part of the baby boomer cohort to settle in the epicentre of Montréal's urban development. [...] Despite the marked decrease in the birth rate in the last 40 years, the significant proportion of baby boomers in the population brought about a new rise in births starting in the 1980s. [...] As was the case for their parents, the sectors where the proportion of the members of this generation in the population exceeds the average for the metropolitan area (24 per cent) are situated in the second crown of the Montréal suburbs.