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Them’s the Brakes

Out “Smarting” Traffic Safety Efforts in Edmonton

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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Chapter 11 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies 15 $1.50 Add
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Fashion and Design in the Age of Digital Surveillance

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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Chapter 12 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies 13 $1.30 Add
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Function Creep and Surveillance

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 7 explores  the role of surveillance in smart cities. Topics discussed include CityIQ, the use of cameras, widespread surveillance, ‘function … 13 $1.30 Add
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Poverty Makes Us Sick

From: Persistent Poverty

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Families Matter: The Catch-22 of Poverty

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based Policing

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 8 explores data-based policing. Topics discussed include facial recognition, surveillance networks., data-intensive policing technologies, and algorithms. 17 $1.70 Add
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Ontario’s Push to Early Childhood Education and Care for All

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … 11 $1.10 Add
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“It’s Not My Country Yet…”

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Politics of Smart Cities

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: part 10 explores the politics of smart cities. Topics discussed include politics, think tanks, Privacy Legislation Reform, Regulatory Procedures, Data Governance, … 17 $1.70 Add
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Rural Poverty: Hidden in the Country?

From: Persistent Poverty

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Science, Technology, and Pandemic Cities

Conclusion

From: Dream States

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Conclusion: part 1 explores the role of science and technology in pandemic cities and the lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic. 15 $1.50 Add
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How Technology is Reshaping the Post-Pandemic City

Conclusion

From: Dream States

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Conclusion: part 2 explores how technology can be used in reshaping the post-pandemic cities. 12 $1.20 Add
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Theological Reflections on Poverty

From: Persistent Poverty

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A Pebble in the Shoe

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Shame of (Ignoring) the Cities

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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2001 article by Caroline Andrew arguing that Canadian cities must have a larger governance role, and describing how they can achieve it. ; ; 5 $0.50 Add