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In Chapter 2, I examine how urban reformers in Toronto during the early 20th-century drew on a moral perspective to assess, judge, evaluate, to identify problems and diagnosing Cabbagetown (and other slum areas of Toronto) as a pathological space inflicted with poor physical and moral health that would spread and infect the rest of the city of Toronto, framing as urban social problem in the public sphere, facilitating and strengthening the case for slum clearance and urban renewal. Chapter 3 explores how, in the second half of the 20th century, public officials, journalists, and community leaders drew on moral concepts to critique Regent Park on the basis of its transformation of its ethnic composition, the architecture and design of its built environment, and representations of the neighborhood as a place teeming with crime, vice, and violence. In doing so, they cultivated fertile ground for arguments for redevelopment, particularly along the lines of dissolving the concentration of pathology via social mix-based revitalization. In Chapter 4, I turn to Kampong Glam and explain how the efforts to re-fashion the neighborhood hinge on two moral logics—one directed toward economic growth and another towards the ideals of nation-building—which at times come into competition and conflict with each other. I explain how stakeholders work to manage and resolve such moral tensions. Chapter 5 discusses what can be learnt from this dissertation, its theoretical and practical significance, and proposes some avenues for potential future inquiry.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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