Urban Issues

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Conflict Is Not Abuse Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair Arsenal Pulp Press	From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between …	Sarah Schulman	304	2016	View
NEW! Dream States Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias Coach House Books	Is the ‘smart city’ the utopia we’ve been waiting for? The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, …	John Lorinc	290	2022	View
Good Places to Live Povery and Public Housing in Canada Fernwood Publishing	Public housing projects are stigmatized and stereotyped as bad places to live, as havens of poverty, illegal activity and violence. In many cities they are being bulldozed, ostensibly for these …	Jim Silver	156	2011	View
Persistent Poverty Voices From the Margins Between The Lines	It’s a very short trip from the limousine seat to the curb. Jim Mann never missed a payroll for the dozen men who worked for his flourishing landscaping business he built from the ground …	Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	184	2010	View
NEW! Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs Independent experts analyze often-controversial schemes from Nunavut to Montreal to Toronto’s failed Sidewalk Labs waterfront scheme James Lorimer and Company	"Smart cities" use surveillance, big data processing and interactive technologies to reshape urban life. Transit riders can see the bus coming on a map on their phones. Cities can …	Alexandra Flynn; Mariana Valverde	200	2020	View
Staying Alive While Living The Life Adversity, Strength, and Resilience in the Lives of Homeless Youth Fernwood Publishing	In Staying Alive While Living the Life, Sue-Ann MacDonald and Benjamin Roebuck unpack the realities of living on the streets from the perspective of homeless youth. While much is written about …	Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald	212	2018	View
From From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines	The Introduction describes the process by which the the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) gathered the material for this book through a 2010 social audit process that engaged …	Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	5	2010	$0.50 Add
From A Reparative Manifesto From: Conflict Is Not Abuse View Arsenal Pulp Press	A brief introduction about events in recent history and nature of Abuse. The author talks about Normative Conflict and Resistance, and how reasonable stances of difference can be misrepresented …	Sarah Schulman	22	2016	$0.44 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Staying Alive While Living The Life View Fernwood Publishing		Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald	2	2018	$0.20 Add
From Good Places to Live From: Good Places to Live View Fernwood Publishing		Jim Silver	7	2011	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Dream States View Coach House Books	The introduction looks towards the future of the post-pandemic city.	John Lorinc	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Introduction Smart Cities in Canada From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	The introduction provides a general definition of what constitutes a “Smart City” as well as exploring what prompted the authors of this title to write about smart cities in Canada.	Alexandra Flynn; Mariana Valverde	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From “As Sharp As You Could Cut Them” From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	10	2010	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Connections The Technology of Cities From: Dream States View Coach House Books	The Technology of Cities: Part 1 explores how urban development intersects and is shaped by the larger political, social, and technological advancements happening around it. Topics discussed …	John Lorinc	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From Introduction From: Staying Alive While Living The Life View Fernwood Publishing		Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald	28	2018	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Smart Cities as a Civic Leaders’ Survivor Game The Lure of Innovation in a Competitive World From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 1 explores what leads municipal governments to persue smart city projects, whether they are seen as a quick and easy fix to deeper underlying infrastructure and urban planning issues, and …	Mariana Valverde	15	2020	$1.50 Add