Urban Issues
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From  The New Urban Poverty and Public HousingFrom: Good Places to Live |
- | Jim Silver | 29 | 2011 | $2.90 Add |
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From “It’s Prime Land, and Why Would They Leave That to Poor People?”Vancouver's Little Mountain Housing From: Good Places to Live |
- | Jim Silver | 21 | 2011 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Abandoning the PersonalThe State and the Production of Abuse From: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
The state, learning from the work of anti-violence advocate Catherine Hodes to understand the difference between Conflict and Abuse in relationship to social service providers. | Sarah Schulman | 29 | 2016 | $0.58 Add |
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From  Back to the Future? The Choice Is OursFrom: Persistent Poverty |
- | Armine Yalnizyan; Jamie Swift | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Becoming Homeless |
- | Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Engineering the CityThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 2 explores the physical building and engineering of cities. Topics discussed include construction, city-building technology, building blocks, hygiene, bridges, … | John Lorinc | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Selling of Toronto’s Smart CityFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs Collection: Media and Society: Canadian Cases and Issues |
Chapter 1 explores the stakeholders who initially pitched the partnership between the city of Toronto and Google’s urban planning division Sidewalk Labs. | Blayne Haggart | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! (Pseudo-) Participation in Smart City PlanningSidewalk Labs’ Fraught Toronto Foray From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 2 explores the factors that must be present for a smart cities project to be responsible and effective and then asses whether the Sidewalk Labs project in Toronto met any of these criteria. | Andrew Clement | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From “Because It’s Not About Creating New Housing!”Contradictions and Limitations in the Development of Regent Park From: Good Places to Live |
- | Jim Silver | 23 | 2011 | $2.30 Add |
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From Paradoxes of Street Life |
- | Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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From The Police and the Politics of Overstating HarmFrom: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
This chapter examines the expression of overstating harm in which the police are called or the state is invoked in matters where Conflict is misrepresented as Abuse. In trying to understand how … | Sarah Schulman | 36 | 2016 | $1.08 Add |
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From NEW! Water and Sewage: The Original Urban NetworksThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health. | John Lorinc | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From Working Harder Is Hardly WorkingFrom: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 9 | 2010 | $0.90 Add |
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From “We’re Not Goin’ Nowhere”The Case of Halifax's Uniacke Square From: Good Places to Live |
- | Jim Silver | 24 | 2011 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! City LightsThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 4 explores the history of lighting cities. Topics discussed include Billboards, gas lighting, electric lighting, darkness and crime, industrialization, public … | John Lorinc | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From Keeping Healthy, Managing Risks |
- | Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
