Urban Issues
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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! The Politics of Smart CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
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, … | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Quagmire of Mobility TechThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 6 explores urban mobility. Topics discussed include electrification, transportation, bike-share programs, walkability, the use of public space, autonomous … | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Selling of Toronto’s Smart CityFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
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  The Shame of (Ignoring) the CitiesFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
2001 article by Caroline Andrew arguing that Canadian cities must have a larger governance role, and describing how they can achieve it. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based PolicingThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
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. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Utopianism of Smart City MegaprojectsThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
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 … | John Lorinc | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Them’s the BrakesOut “Smarting” Traffic Safety Efforts in Edmonton From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 11 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies | Jen Raso | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Theological Reflections on PovertyFrom: Persistent Poverty |
Bhante Saranapala; Imam Shafiq Hudda; Rabbi Larry Englander; Sister Doryne Kirby | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add | |
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From  NEW! These Walls, These RoadsFrom: Messy Cities |
Ameer Idreis chronicles the hardship of Palestinians living under Israeli control, but reminisces about his connections with the land. | Dylan Reid | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Thinking Twice About ConsultationFrom: Messy Cities |
Lorne Cappe writes about his experience as a consultant on a supportive house project within Toronto, and the intense pushback he received in public engagement. | Dylan Reid | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Positive Adaption in Adversity |
Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add | |
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From Understanding The Experiences of Homeless Youth Differently |
Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add | |
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From NEW! Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development ProposalFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 6 asks the question of whether Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project was a realistic urban development program or a PR stunt by Google to market their products on a large stage. | David Murakami Wood | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 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 NEW! We Can Live With ThatFrom: Messy Cities |
Leslie Woo writes about the plan to evolve the Greater Golden Horseshoe region within Canada in the early 2000’s, and how bureaucratic short-sightedness eroded the plan’s potential and original … | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
