{"id":3118,"date":"2026-11-10T15:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/?page_id=3118"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:34:12","slug":"toronto-urban-metabolism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/toronto-urban-metabolism\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto\u2019s Urban Metabolism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assembling a City: Toronto\u2019s Urban Metabolism, 1836-1937<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UPEI GeoREACH Lab is contributing to <em>Assembling a City: Toronto\u2019s Urban Metabolism, 1836-1937<\/em>, a project that explores the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of urban change by tracing the flow of material and energy that built, fed, and fueled downtown Toronto between 1836 and 1937.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the full Project, including several articles from our students, please visit NiCHE: Network in Canadian History &amp; Environment&#8217;s project page here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niche-canada.org\/toronto-urban-metabolism\">https:\/\/niche-canada.org\/toronto-urban-metabolism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a preview of some of the geospatial tools and analysis we are developing from these shipping data, see the interactive and <a href=\"https:\/\/joshmacfadyen.github.io\/toronto-1881-harbour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">animated maps here<\/a> and below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshmacfadyen.github.io\/toronto-1881-harbour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-1024x660.png?resize=584%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C990&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1320&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?resize=466%2C300&amp;ssl=1 466w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projects.upei.ca\/geolab\/files\/2026\/11\/Toronto_1881shipments_preview-scaled.png?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assembling a City: Toronto\u2019s Urban Metabolism, 1836-1937 The UPEI GeoREACH Lab is contributing to Assembling a City: Toronto\u2019s Urban Metabolism, 1836-1937, a project that explores the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of urban change by tracing the flow of material &hellip; 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